Austria has rejected the asylum application of an Afghan claiming to be gay because he did not "act" or "dress" like a homosexual, according to a media report.
Vienna is once again to host the ‘EuroPride’ event in 2019, lasting for several weeks in May or June. The Austrian capital previously hosted the international event dedicated to LGBT pride in 2001.
A new piece of legislation placed for review on Tuesday’s docket aims to enhance the status of same-sex unions in Austria. If passed, it will change the government venue for commitment ceremonies as well as afford LGBT couples a position similar to heterosexual marriage on the basis of sharing names.
A recent survey taken by the Austrian government has revealed two thirds of Austrians believe society is not comfortable with the idea of homosexual parents taking care of children.
A court in Austria will soon decide for the first time whether someone who identifies as neither male nor female can be described as intersex on official documents.
Gay Pride marches around Europe paid tribute
Saturday to the 49 people massacred in a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida
last weekend in an atmosphere more of defiant exuberance than grief.
When Vienna introduced gay and lesbian traffic lights when Eurovision came to the city last year, the lights were so popular city officials decided to make them permanent.
The latest case to challenge the same-sex marriage ban in Austria on the grounds that it makes children in the family illegitimate was heard in court this week.
Gay-themed pedestrian traffic lights pulled
from the Austrian city of Linz by a far-right politician made a triumphant
comeback Friday after a political battle to have them reinstated.
In a potentially landmark case Innsbruck’s regional court has ordered that the state of Tyrol pay a gay man €35,000 in damages after it ruled that he was dismissed from a new job during a trial period because he is HIV-positive and homosexual.
The city of Linz will get its gay-themed traffic signals back after the local council voted to overrule opposition from the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ).
The winter sports city of Innsbruck now features pedestrian traffic lights with a sporty theme - inspired by the success of Vienna’s gay-themed lights which were introduced after the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest.
Gay-themed traffic signals in Linz aimed at promoting greater tolerance have been removed, the Austrian city's new far-right traffic official said on Monday.
The Homosexuelle Initiative (HOSI) Wien (homosexual initiative of Vienna) has welcomed a proposal from Austria’s minister of justice for a new law which would pardon gay men and women sentenced under former anti-homosexuality laws – if they apply for it and a court finds them not guilty.
The Austrian city of Salzburg has unveiled its own gay-themed pedestrian traffic lights after the flashing signals specially installed in Vienna for the Eurovision Song Contest proved a hit.
The right-wing Freedom party (FPÖ) has announced it is lodging a criminal complaint against Vienna council member Maria Vassilakou, after new pedestrian crossing lights which depict straight, gay and lesbian couples have been introduced around the city.
A 17-year-old youth has confessed to attacking a demonstrator who was peacefully protesting against homophobia outside Vienna’s Cafe Prückel in January.
Same-sex unions are on the rise in Austria, with 402 gay couples choosing to register their partnership in 2014, an increase of 9.2 percent on the previous year.
As many as 2,000 people gathered opposite Vienna’s Cafe Prückel on a Friday evening, to peacefully protest against homophobia and intolerance after a young lesbian couple were thrown out of the traditional cafe last week for kissing each other in greeting.
The boss of Cafe Prückel on Vienna’s Ringstrasse has apologized for having thrown a lesbian couple out for kissing last week, after a storm of protest erupted on social media and made headlines around the world.
Vienna Chamber of Commerce's “diversity night” featured bus tours showing off the city’s multicultural hotspots and thriving gay and lesbian businesses on Wednesday evening.
Austrian Cardinal Christoph Schönborn has said that he knows some "marvellous" gays, amid a fierce debate in the Church over proposed reforms in attitudes to homosexuality.
