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This year the Friendship Days event will take place from May 30 until June 1.  The march will take place on May 31.  In addition to the march, the programme of events is to discuss a political discussion about diversity and competitiveness, an LGBT film screening, an art exhibition, and a rainbow ball.  At this time, 100 employees of the international human rights organisation Amnesty International from various countries have confirmed their participation.  Other foreign guests are also expected.

After an attack on Member of European Parliament (MEP) Sophie in 't Veld, the Jonge Democraten (Young Democrats of the Netherlands) decided to start an online petition against homophobia in Russia (and the EU!).

During a demonstration in Moscow, in 't Veld and her bystanders were attacked by a Nazi carrying a knife. During the demonstration, organizers were arrested as well as some MEP. The police did nothing against the perpetrators.

Stop hate crime, start human rights!

Sign the petition at: http://www.jongedemocraten.nl/petition

As usual in May the Equality Parade will be organized in Warsaw. The Equality Parade has its own tradition in Poland. The first was organized in the year 2001 on 1st of May. About 300 participants walked down the streets. From then on everyyear Polish LGBT people went on the streets to manifest their presence.

Not too long ago, for the first time I went to this gay bar in my home town. It was pretty much a horrible bar and thus not the most enjoyable evening, but my eye did catch an interesting detail. There was a boy (what a surprise) who seemed to be wearing 2 different shirts during the evening, changing it back and forth. Later on I noticed that it wasn’t just one boy: they were identical twins. Now, as this might not be the most interesting thing to notice (other then that a lot of people undoubtetly have fantasies about this), the interesting part was that only one of them was gay!

Are we homo/heterosexual? Or do we act homo/heterosexual? On which base do we gather and fight for our rights? Where the reasons the same during the last century?

Let’s see if we can find some answers to these questions.