Spanish Supreme Court endorses the rainbow flag in public buildings on Pride Day

 

Spanish Supreme Court endorsed the placement of the rainbow flag in public buildings on Pride Day.

The Court considered that the rainbow flag that represents the LGBT community is not a partisan symbol, which is why it endorses its placement in public buildings as it does not violate the law that regulates the use of banners and flags in Public Administrations. 

“The Supreme Court does not see any impediment to the display of the rainbow flag on the occasion of the celebration of June 28, because it was not placed to replace or subordinate it to the official flags and banners, and it does not advocate any type of confrontation. On the contrary, it is projected in favor of equality between people, a value recognized by the Constitution and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,” the ruling states. 

This important decision marks jurisprudence in Spain in the face of possible future complaints of this type.

Moscow gay bars raided by police again

Russian police raided several bars and nightclubs across Moscow as part of the government’s crackdown on LGBTQ propaganda.

The raids come exactly a year since Russia’s Supreme Court ruled that the LGBTQ movement should be banned as an extremist organization.

Its decision followed a decades-long crackdown on LGBTQ rights in Russia, where President Vladimir Putin has touted “traditional family values” as a cornerstone of his quarter-century in power.

Police also detained the head of the “Men Travel” tour agency, because he was suspected of preparing a trip for “the supporters of nontraditional sexual values” to visit Egypt over Russia’s New Year’s holidays.

The European Court of Human Rights ruled that Russia’s anti-gay propaganda law is in breach of European treaty rules on human rights.