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AfD backtracks after saying gay people should be jailed

The far-right populist AfD party is trying to literally rewrite history over statements made by its representative who seemed to say gay people in Germany should be thrown in jail.

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1,000s of gay men in Germany still live with criminal records

Homosexuality hasn’t been a crime for decades. But thousands of men still have criminal records based on a law that was wiped from the books in 1969.

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Homosexual couples win limited adoption rights

The German parliament ruled on Thursday evening that gay and lesbian people in a civil union may legally adopt their partner's adopted child. But opposition politicians criticized the bill for not going far enough.

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Parents protest bid to teach about sexuality

More than 65,000 parents and teachers in southern Germany have signed an online petition against plans to teach children about homosexuality in school.

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Homophobia now has a 'pronounced opponent'

Ex-footballer Thomas Hitzlsperger came out on Wednesday. His says his decision means homophobia now has a "pronounced opponent" making him The Local's German of the Week.

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Lesbian Holocaust memorial plan upsets historians

Holocaust scholars on Thursday attacked a bid to include images of kissing lesbians in a monument dedicated to the thousands of homosexuals persecuted by the Nazis, saying it distorted history.

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Westerwelle to kick off Gay Games in Cologne this summer

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle has agreed to be the official patron of the eighth annual Gay Games in Cologne this summer, the organisation reported on Thursday.