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Current AffairsGay marriages on the rise
In March of 2006 Czech homosexuals celebrated an important victory. After
seven years of intensive lobbying the Czech Parliament finally passed a law
on same-sex partnerships or so called gay-marriages, overriding president
Klaus’s veto by a narrow majority. A year and a half later the number of
registered partnerships between same-sex couples in the Czech Republic has
reached nearly five hundred. Ruth Fraňková spoke to Slavomír Goga from
the Gay and Lesbian League and started by asking whether the new law had
made a significant difference to the life of the gay and lesbian community.
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Current AffairsNew exhibition celebrates advances made by Czech homosexual minority in recent decades
An exhibition celebrating the history of the gay and lesbian movement in
the Czech Republic has just opened here in Prague. It is mostly focused on
gay culture in the last two decades, when Czech homosexuals have made great
strides in achieving equality. When it comes to an end in the capital, the
exhibition will tour the country.
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Current AffairsLesbian publishing house opens in Prague
This month, the first lesbian publishing house opened in the Czech
Republic. LePress has a portfolio of two titles so far, both translations
from American originals. The aim of the publishers is to introduce Czech
lesbians to the sort of lesbian fiction that is being written overseas. The
woman behind the project is Marketa Navratilova. She told Radio Prague
where the idea came from:
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The very first pub on wheels in the Czech Republic! Czech hunters have held
their annual "elk bugling" contest - and, who says fishing in
Prague is no fun? An Australian angler lands the biggest fish ever to come
out of the Vltava River. Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.
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Current AffairsGovernment minister calls for debate on adoption by gay couples
The cabinet minister responsible for minorities and human rights, Dzamila
Stehlikova, has called for a debate aimed at allowing gay couples to adopt
children. In an interview for an internet news server on Monday, the Green
Party minister said it would be the right step considering the fact that
around 20,000 children are being brought up in institutions in the Czech
Republic.
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Current Affairs2006 sees highest rise in new HIV cases since 1985
The number of people infected with the HIV virus in the Czech Republic
increased significantly last year. According to the National Reference
Laboratory for AIDS, 2006 saw the highest number of new cases since 1985.
Of the 93 newly registered patients last year, ten had full blown AIDS.
The latest figures suggest that a total of 920 people in the Czech
Republic have HIV or AIDS, of whom just about one half - 464 - live in
Prague.
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Current AffairsLandmark ruling on discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation
Forty-three year old Lech Sydor from eastern Moravia was promised a job as
a masseur in a rehabilitation centre. When the centre's management found
out that he was gay, it refused to employ him. Mr Sydor took his case to
court and won. As Dita Asiedu reports, this is a landmark case in the
Czech Republic where a court has never before ruled on a sexual
orientation discrimination case:
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Talking PointAs a gay rights group shuts down, chairman says Czech gays and lesbians must catch up with the tolerant society around them
After seventeen years in the movement, Jiri Hromada is moving on. Last week
he announced that Gay Iniciativa, the lesbian and gay rights group he has
led for the past seven years, is closing down. Already, the little alcove
off of his bedroom, which once served as Gay Iniciativa's main office, has
been tidied up and is beginning to look more like an ordinary study. More
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