Tag: heterosexual
Greek civil unions law only for heterosexual couples violates European human rights law
In a judgment in the joint cases of Vallianatos and Mylonas v. Greece and C.S. and others v. Greece delivered today, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Greece had violated the European Convention on Human Rights by excluding same-sex couples from a “civil union”, restricted in Greece to heterosexual couples.
Straight men more stressed, depressed than gay men, study says
A Canadian study on anxiety and sexual orientation suggests that heterosexual men suffer more depression and higher levels of stress than gay and bisexual men.
Gay Men More Likely to Receive Cancer Diagnoses
Gay men are nearly twice as likely to have been diagnosed with cancer compared with heterosexuals, researchers reported, but there were no differences in prevalence by sexual orientation among women.
Hungary’s draft constitution: A worrying signal for the EU Presidency
Hungary’s new constitution could restrict the national definition of family to fertile, heterosexual couples; deny protection from discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity; and prevent access to abortion, it emerged yesterday. Hungary currently holds the Presidency of the European Union until June 2011.
Gay couple shut out of Creation Museum date night
A date-night event at the Creation Museum here was disrupted when a same-sex couple was denied entry. While accounts differ, what is clear is that a man who planned to enter the Feb. 11 event with a male friend was told the two would not be allowed to enter. Additionally, they did not receive a refund of the $71.90 for two tickets they had purchased online.
‘Timebomb’ of Britons unaware they have HIV
Senior doctors accuse Department of Health of failing to take virus seriously and neglecting to test high-risk groups.