Greece: The Mediterranean's ancient gay-friendly civilisation
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Greece: The Mediterranean's ancient gay-friendly civilisation

BBC  

Greece: The Mediterranean's ancient gay-friendly civilisation Getty Images Homosexuality and same-sex practices were a widely documented part of life in Ancient Greece My first visit to the island of Mykonos 20 years ago was something of a revelation. According to Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the new law, which also allows same-sex couples to adopt children, will "boldly abolish a serious inequality". "Greece has made some progress in LGBTQ+ rights over the past decade," said Konstantinos Menelaou, the founder of Athens-based art collective The Queer Archive. But Hand's favourite queer scene in Greece is on the rugged island that birthed the word "lesbian": Lesbos.

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Attack on two transgender people shocks Greek city due to host Pride event

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