Fellow Cypriot, your homophobic remarks matter
By Penelope Karaoli When in 2019 one of our country’s most infamous bishops publicly claimed that gay men have a “particular odour” and that future...
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Bishop’s anti-gay comments ‘fuel hatred’, Accept says
LGBTI rights group Accept on Friday denounced anti-gay comments by the Bishop of Morphou Neophytos saying they fueled hatred and homophobia. Neophytos has been under...
UCy students to protest after rainbow flag taken down and trashed
By Evie Andreou The LGBT+ and Friends Students’ Club of the University of Cyprus (UCy) announced on Saturday they were holding a protest on Monday...
The Commonwealth and LGBTI rights
By Costa Gavrielides Cyprus and Malta will soon become the only two Commonwealth members that will also be EU member states. For those countries outside...
Progress on LGBT rights, but still a way to go, say support groups
Cyprus has made tremendous progress in terms of LGBT rights and so far 16 couples have had civil partnerships since December 2015 when parliament passed...
Still a long way to go on LGBTI rights
By Evie Andreou TEN PER Cent of the Cypriot population, around 85,000 people, face stigmatisation and prejudice, the head of ACCEPT-LGBTI Costas Gavielides said on...
An easy target: Homophobia for political ends
By Graeme Reid Nigeria’s lively civil society is not known for consensus. So it is striking that every organization, interviewed by Human Rights Watch seems...
US embassy to fly rainbow flag
The US embassy in Nicosia will mark International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO), by flying the rainbow flag at the Embassy building in Engomi...
Homophobia to carry €5,000 fine
By Constantinos Psillides THE House Legal Affairs Committee has introduced a bill criminalising homophobic behaviour, punishing offenders with a €5,000 fine and prison sentence of...
Public displays of homophobia to be criminalised
THE justice ministry is preparing to amend the penal code to criminalise public displays of homophobia. The current law states that it is a criminal...