Germany's first burial area for lesbians will open on Sunday in Berlin. One of the founders told The Local that the leafy resting spot is for homosexual women to be buried as they lived – with those of the same sex.
Should schools promote more tolerance in questions of love? Such plans being drawn up have fired a heated debate. The Tagesspiegel's Malte Lehming argues acceptance of sexual diversity can be problematic.
Germany's new Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks quietly came out this week in a newspaper interview. She is the country's first openly lesbian cabinet member.
The German version of men's magazine GQ launched an eye catching campaign against homophobia this month. An upcoming edition features a photo essay of straight, male, German celebs kissing.
A shocking video is currently making the virtual rounds. In it, a man dressed as a beautiful woman sews up her mouth in protest at the persecution of homosexuals in Russia. Berlin drag queen <b>Barbie Breakout</b> is our German of the week.
Will footie fans ever welcome openly gay players on the pitch? A leaflet from the German Football Association (DFB) tells closeted German football players to come out at the end of the season - so people forget all about it.
More than a million people took to the streets in the west German city Cologne on Sunday for the Christopher Street Day gay pride parade. The celebrations went without a hitch as onlookers revelled in the sunny weather.
German doctors are calling for gay men to be allowed to donate blood. Currently a Europe-wide ban prevents them from doing so, but the German Health Minister said he would welcome a relaxation of the rules.
About half a million people crowded into Berlin on Saturday to take part in the 35th annual Christopher Street Day (CSD) gay pride parade. Just months ahead of a general election, the event proved unusually political.
Germany on Friday said it was concerned by Russian anti-gay legislation, after lawmakers approved a bill to restrict the adoption of Russian children in over a dozen countries that allow same-sex marriages.
Germany's top court ruled on Thursday that same-sex partners have a right to the same generous tax benefits as married couples, in another landmark step for gay rights in Europe.
Nearly 50 percent of German lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender residents reported being harassed and/or discriminated against last year, a study on the European Union’s LGBT community released on Friday and published in the <i>Süddeutsche Zeitung</i> showed.
Gay couples in civil partnerships must have the same tax breaks as married heterosexuals, Germany's top court says, telling the government that if action is not taken, it would intervene directly.
Organizers of Berlin's Christopher Street Day will not give Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) their normal float at this year's gay pride parade in protest against the party's opposition to same-sex marriage.
They may have suffered a heavy defeat on their debut, but the Berlin Bruisers trudged off the pitch buoyant and proud after Germany's only gay rugby team played their first competitive match on Saturday.
An outspoken German TV presenter said he was "speechless" with fury after he claimed Facebook censored his status updates criticising the social values of the Catholic church and Pope Francis himself.
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union party is ready to give up its resistance to giving gay couples the same rights as heterosexual ones, the <i>Süddeutsche Zeitung</i> reported on Saturday.
In this week's <b>Weekly News Podcast</b>, <b>Ben Knight</b> delves into bullying at Amazon, gay adoption rights, Eurovision's techno-pop plagiarism scandal, and how killjoys at GEMA are keeping the elderly from dancing.
Germany took another step towards equal rights for gay couples on Tuesday, after the country's highest court ruled those in a civil partnership have the right to adopt their partner's adopted children.
Bavarian police are investigating a case in which an HIV positive man who wanted to open a restaurant was refused a bank loan “for his own protection” before receiving death threats from neighbours, it was reported on Friday.
A large majority of Germans have no problem with their Asian vice-chancellor, a new survey suggests. Yet for many voters an ethnic minority or gay national leader would be a step too far.
Conservatives should be glad when gay and lesbian couples want to get married, says Der Tagesspiegel's Malte Lehming, as it strengthens tradition. The UK has paved the way on gay marriage and Germany must now follow suit.
A 29-year-old Munich man has admitted to blackmailing an older gay chatroom user for €865,000, driving him to emotional and financial ruin by posing as both a teenage boy and a top prosecutor.
Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling conservatives late on Tuesday rejected a motion at their party congress to put German gay couples on the same tax footing as married ones.
Chancellor Angela Merkel will seek to rally her ruling conservatives to win a third term in power next year at a party congress this week, buoyed by her position as Germany's most popular politician.
