A German bishop gave a nod to blessing same-sex couples on Friday, following a meeting with Pope Francis who has voiced his opposition to the practice.
Chancellor Angela Merkel's government on
Wednesday agreed a draft bill that would compensate gay soldiers who faced
discrimination in the armed forces between 1955 and 2000.
A senior member of the church tasked with training new priests has come under fire for calling homosexuality "the consequence of a failed psychological development".
Germany's upper house of parliament, the Bundesrat, voted on Friday in favour of a resolution calling for full marriage and adoption rights for same-sex couples.
Tolerance of homosexuality has increased in nearly all German states since the fall of the Wall 25 years ago, but acceptance of immigrants who keep their traditions has declined, according to a study published on Monday.
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.
Churches in Dresden are to deliver sermons on love and sex. Among the themes to be explored is the "tender love" between men in the Bible and “everyday eroticism”.
A German author has penned a book exploring homosexuality in the popular cartoon series The Simpsons. Erwin In het Panhuis, a Cologne-based librarian, analysed 490 gay scenes and over 70 homosexual characters which featured in the show.
A German court told a lesbian who had fled persecution in Iran, to go back and simply live discreetly and hide her sexuality. Iranian courts sentence lesbians to whippings and, in a fourth instance, death.
Europe’s first career fair for homosexuals comes to Munich this weekend. Moritz Honert from Der Tagesspiegel spoke with the founder of Milk 2010 about job prospects for gays and lesbians in Germany.
Gay and lesbian couples in the German state of Bavaria may now officially register for civil unions, according to a bill approved by the State Parliament in Munich this week.
A left-wing politician who changed sex to become a man has protested a ban on marrying his female partner. Christian Schenk, formerly Christina Schenk, was in a registered partnership while he was a lesbian, but now that he is straight, he wants to marry. The Berlin politician underwent a surgical sex change procedure in order to be recognized as a man. The medical procedure was a prerequisite for legal recognition as a man.
