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GERMANY
[German] The Magnus Hirschfeld Foundation has started supporting LGBT projects, e. g. the exhibition “Trans*_Homo. Of lesbian, trans*, gay and other normalcies”.
http://lesben.org/gesellschaft/gesellschaft/stiftungen/11552-bundesstiftung-magnus-hirschfeld-startet-foerdertaetigkeit.html
[German] The Green Party invites the public to debate with MPs Volker Beck and Marret Bohn about Green politics for LGBTI people. It’s tomorrow (Friday) at 7 pm in the Lübeck town hall. Everyone who takes part –> a report would be nice 🙂
http://www.hl-live.de/aktuell/textstart.php?id=75906
POLAND
[English] A liberal MP has lambasted the founder of an ultra-conservative radio station after he called Poland’s first transsexual MP “an abnormality”.
http://www.thenews.pl/1/9/Artykul/94630,Radio-Maryja-founder-in-transsexual-MP-row
RUSSIA
[Russian/English] The so-called LGBT censorship laws have been introduced into the Russian State Duma today. They ‘only’ speak about homosexuality and the propaganda to minors and are a watered-down version of the laws adopted by St. Petersburg and other regions. Still, anything public is forbidden,
Russian: http://www.interfax.ru/society/txt.asp?id=238324
English: http://rt.com/politics/parliament-consider-gay-propaganda-753/
Here’s all relevant documents in Russian: http://asozd.duma.gov.ru/main.nsf/%28Spravka%29?OpenAgent&RN=44554-6&02
SWEDEN
[Swedish] A Swedish study from 2008 to 2011 shows that LGBT adolescents aged 16 to 24 often have “bad habits” and live rather unhealthily. There is a comparatively high percentage of young LGBT people with obesity, there’s a tendency to consume alcohol, and risky gambling is more popular. Smoking is more popular as well.
http://www.cisionwire.se/statens-folkhalsoinstitut/r/unga-bi–homo–eller-transsexuella-personer-har-samre-levnadsvanor,c9238385