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A &#;seed change&#; in Greece
Experts utter that the fierce opposition to Greece’s same-sex marriage bill is reflective of the advancement of the far right across Europe, and the political weaponization of the rights of LGBTQI+ people in the EU and globally.
Hungary has also made it illegal to inform children about homosexuality, conflating it with pedophilia. Poland's president has critiqued so-called ‘LGBT ideology’ and has vowed to block gay marriage and adoption. Across the country hundreds of regions have declared themselves ‘LGBT-free zones.’
Ahead of the EU parliamentary elections in June, Dear said that ILGA expects ‘massive misinformation’ from anti-rights groups.
A seed change
While Greece’s recent law is undoubtedly a historic victory for LGBTIQ+ people and their families, it comes with caveats.
Amnesty International welcomed the law, but said it does ‘not go far in providing full equality for non-biological parents and does not recognize non-binary gender identities.’ Amnesty also noted that transgender parents are still not permitted to change their name or
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Experiencing Greek Food
Greek Mediterranean cuisine is also testament to the country&#x;s long history, dating back to the Ancient Greeks who had a strong focus on olive oil, wheat, wine, and fish. The Byzantine era introduced brand-new ingredients like meats, feta cheese, caviar, nutmeg, basil and lemons. The Ottoman Empire then contributed to the Greek cuisine, introducing staples like moussaka, tzatziki (yoghurt/cucumber/oil/mint dip), yuvarlakia (meatball/rice/lemon soup), keftethes (mince meatballs) and boureki (baked filled pastries).
Today, a traditional Greek meal will be at a taverna where you can request mezethes, many small plates of different specialties starting with olives, hummus, tahini, and tzatziki, and moving on to other starters like cheeses, keftethes, and dolmathes (stuffed vine leaves), before moving on to different meats or fish depending on which type of meze you pick.
The most popular wine in Greece is retsina, a white wine that has a distinct resin flavor. Greece also produces other nice wines, like Athiri, Malagousia and Moscofilero. Another popular
Greece legalises same sex marriage in landmark change
The law gives same-sex couples the right to wed and adopt children and comes after decades of campaigning by the LGBT community for marriage equality in the socially conservative country.
Greece is one of the first Orthodox Christian countries to allow such unions.
"This is a historic moment," Stella Belia, the head of same-sex parents group Rainbow Families, told Reuters. "This is a evening of joy."
The bill was approved by lawmakers in the seat parliament and will become law when its published in the official government gazette.
Although members of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis&#; centre-right New Democracy party abstained or voted against the bill, it gained enough support from the leftist opposition in a infrequent show of cross-party unity despite a tense debate.
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After almost two decades of civil society campaigning, Greece’s parliament has passed a law enabling same-sex couples to marry and adopt children.
On 15 February, the seat body approved, by a vote of to 77, a bill amending family law to describe marriage as the union of ‘two persons of the alike or different sex’. This made Greece the first majority-Orthodox Christian country to realise marriage equality.
Equal marriage is now recognised in 36 countries, with Estonia last year becoming the first post-Soviet state to join the ranks. These notable firsts have however been accompanied by regression elsewhere, including in the country with the world’s biggest Orthodox Christian population, Russia.
A long campaign
Debate on the rights of same-sex couples in Greece dates back as far as At the day, marriage was still a distant dream. Only four countries recognised marriage equality, and activists’ immediate goal was legal recognition of same-sex cohabitation or civil partnerships.
Some of the organisations that would play key roles had just been established. The Lesbian and Gay