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Ralph Weber, a politician in Germany’s far-right AfD party, is causing a bit of a stir after pushing for a lift of the anonymity currently provided to Germans who test HIV positive, believing the full names should be known after citing a misleading rise in new cases. In an interview with Nordkurier, Weber made claims …
Sources: Focus, Nordkurier
Photo: Zigmond [Flickr]
The new season of Germany’s Next Top Model kicked off last week, and while it may look like your typical set of women, two of this season’s competitors are trans. Models Melina Budde and Giuliana Radermacher look to be given equal shots at impressing the judges, including Heidi Klum, on the runway this year. The …
Sources: Germany’s Next Top Model, Gay Star News
Photos: Germany’s Next Top Model
The Teddy Awards, which is the longest running award ceremony for queer cinema around the world, has announced that this year’s Special TEDDY Award will be given to lesbian Monika Treut, from Germany, for her contributions to the world of queer film. Upon announcing this high honor, the Teddy organization issued …
Sources: TEDDY Award
Photo: Monika Treut, Hyena Films
Germany is known to be a lot more forgiving towards the content allowed in tv commercials versus the United States. If you’re visiting and turn the TV late at night, expect to see some provocative messaging. So when the German sex toy shop Amorelie put out a tv commercial, why did it cause …
Sources: Amorelie via Gay Star News
Germany’s conservative newspaper Die Welt has definitely stirred up some controversy when the paper’s editor, Ulf Poschardt, told readers to fight against Trump’s policies by being “more gay” before having to retract the statement with another that some could say made the issue worse. Poschardt’s original statement read: “We must defend ourselves against Donald …
Sources: Die Welt, Pink News
Germany tends to be on the forefront of social issues, but one area that has often been pushed to the side is the country’s view on same-sex marriage along with LGBT protections and equality. A new report has focused in on this very issue, and while the German public has improved in …
Sources: DW
Some alarming figures on the level hate crime against LGBTI individuals in Germany were released this week, and in the first nine months of the year, reported incidents have risen nearly 20-percent, and that number is believed to be under-reported as not all German states have contributed figures. In a report …
Sources: DW
Photo: distelfliege [Flickr]
Our world is made up of all kinds of diverse people, whether it is the color of their skin, the ones they love, their interests and even the way they dress, but when schools try to embrace that diversity and individuality, their efforts can be drowned out by vocal protests. That …
Sources: The Guardian
Photo: Procsilas Moscas [Flickr]
An estimated 37 million people around the globe are living with HIV, and while recent medicine and preventative measures such as PrEP have come along in recent years, finding an actual cure has led to dead ends. Now a new global HIV institute has opened in Essen, Germany, the first for the country, and the …
Sources: DW
Photo: NAID
While addressing a crowd of business leaders in Hamburg last week, EU Digital Economy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger tried to liven the room with some humor. He was able to get quite a few laughs, but some his comments may have gone too far as a portion of the speech posted to …
Sources: BBC
Photo: Innovation Union [Flickr]
