By Thomas Maxheimer
Over 800 couples marry in first month of legal same-sex unions
Since granting gender-neutral marriage equal legal status in March, Finland has welcomed approximately 800 couples into marriage. A high percentage, 770, were already civil partnerships, while 87 were entirely new unions.
Russia bans pictures of Putin in drag: So these are the ones we can’t show you
Possessing photographs of Vladimir Putin dressed in drag now carries a potential prison sentence in Russia. The Russian government updated its Federal List of Extremist Material in March, adding some 4,000 new items.
In a heart-warming show of solidarity, more than 2,000 people joined hands and took part in a march through Amsterdam to oppose violence against LGBT+ people. This action was in support of a gay couple who were brutally attacked for holding hands.
