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» GTV…

"Homosexuals in Romania are to get their own online TV channel, dedicated to "the life and problems of the gay community," starting October 1, its creators said Monday. The channel, dubbed Angelicuss TV, will be the first of its kind in this majority Orthodox country, where homosexuality was only decriminalised in 2001." [AFP]

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» Ratio.

Romania's gay pride ain't all that: "Last weekend saw the gay pride march taking place. Unfortunately being gay is not advisable in Romania. The event was attended by around 150 gay and lesbians, 1500 police and around 2000 Neo-Nazis on an anti-gay march. Needless to say if the Neo-Nazis didn't get them the ever helpful police waited in metro stations to finish the job." [popbitch]

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» Unholy Alliance.

"In an act of international solidarity to defend the institution of marriage, over 100 pro-family leaders from around the world signed a petition this week to defend efforts in Romania to outlaw same-sex “marriage.” [Christian Post]

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Straight Talk With Michael Guest

Michael Guest stepped into the spotlight again this week. The former Romanian ambassador, who resigned last year to protest the State Department's gay inequality, held a press conference to highlight the Department's documentation of anti-gay human rights abuses.

Despite the Department's look at these abuses, that report, says Guest and his friends at the LGBT Foreign Policy Project, does nothing to address the stark, often violent reality of gay living abroad.

Our editor sat down with Guest yesterday to discuss the report, as well as the State Department's queer inaction, how to approach anti-gay nations and why even a flawed democracy matters.

Check it out, after the jump.

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Police Protect Bucharest Pride

Bucharest's coppers stood up for queers this weekend when they arrested scores of anti-gay activists. About 500 gays gathered in the Romanian city to parade their pride. Religious and social conservatives also came out. Brandish banners declaring, "Romania is not Sodom," protesters threw sticks, stones and slander at the lavender set.