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(Via JMG reader Thomas)

In January 2011 New York City’s tabloids published daily grisly updates in the case of Portuguese model Renato Seabra, who stabbed to death and then castrated his wealthy and renowned fashion photographer boyfriend with a wine corkscrew in a midtown hotel. Seabra told the NYPD at the time that he had murdered Carlos Castro in order to free him of …

New York Times columnist Frank Bruni points to an interesting theory on why same-sex marriage has become legal in some rather unexpected places. It was only a little more than a decade ago that a country first legalized same-sex marriage, and that happened in precisely the kind of forward-thinking, bohemian place you’d expect: the Netherlands. About two years later, Belgium …

I suppose it’s slightly interesting that they aren’t really professional singers, but an improv comedy troupe that specializes in parodies of the songs of Portugal’s 1974 Carnation Revolution. Normally I’d award extra points for non-English songs, but this is wretched. Of the dozen or so entries I’ve posted so far, I’m still liking Belarus purely for its cheesetasticness.

Portuguese model Renato Seabra has confessed to the grisly murder of gay activist and fashion journalist Carlos Castro, whose mutilated body was found in a posh midtown NYC hotel over the weekend. Seabra told police that he used a corkscrew to sever Castro’s testicles in order to free the older man of his “homosexual demons.” Seabra added that he himself …

Noted Portuguese gay activist and fashion journalist Carlos Castro, 65, has been found dead and gruesomely mutilated in a midtown New York City hotel. Castro’s traveling companion, a young model, is in police custody. The naked body of Carlos Castro, 65, was found lying face-up in a pool of blood inside his 34th-floor room at the InterContinental New York Times …

A Quentin Tarantino parody to promote Lisbon’s gay film festival. Language very NSFW. (Via – Copyranter)

Same-sex marriage became legal is Portugal today and the weddings have already started. A lesbian couple wed Monday in Portugal’s first same-sex ceremony since the predominantly Catholic country introduced a law allowing gay marriage last month. Teresa Pires and Helena Paixao, divorced Portuguese mothers in their 30s who have been together since 2003, married in a 15-minute ceremony at a …

Portuguese soccer hero Cristiano Ronaldo, one of the most beloved athletes in the world, has endorsed same-sex marriage. Via Blabbeando’s Andres Duque, who translates Ronaldo as saying: “The Portuguese man that I am, I try to keep informed about what is happening in my country. I know the law was passed and the comment it deserves is that we must …

All that pressure from the Vatican was useless. Today Portugal’s President Anibal Cavaco Silva announced that he WILL ratify his nation’s marriage equality law, which was bound for approval whether he vetoed it or not. Interestingly, Silva’s decision comes on the International Day Against Homophobia. The head of state’s decision to permit the enactment of a bill passed by Parliament …

Today Emperor Palpatine urged the Portuguese people to oppose the marriage equality bill recently approved by the nation’s legislature, calling it an “insidious” threat to society. The pope, wrapping up his trip to this country where more than 90 percent of the population is officially Catholic, made his appeal in the shrine city of Fatima on a day that started …

Portugal’s Constitutional Court has approved a marriage equality bill recently passed by the nation’s legislature. The bill only needs the signature of the president to become law. Portugal’s Socialist-controlled Parliament, led by Prime Minister Jose Socrates, approved the gay marriage bill on February 11. The president still has the option of vetoing the legislation, but Socrates has said he is …

Yesterday thousands of anti-gay protesters marched in Lisbon to protest Portugal’s pending marriage equality law. Organizers estimated the event, called “in defense of the family,” attracted a crowd of 5,000, but no official figures were reported. Demonstrators marched down Lisbon’s main downtown artery Av. da Liberdade (Liberty Avenue) calling on President Anibal Cavaco Silva to reject a gay marriage law …

Today the Portuguese parliament approved a same-sex marriage bill. Portugal’s parliament passed a bill Friday that would make the predominantly Catholic nation the sixth in Europe to permit gay marriage. Conservative President Anibal Cavaco Silva is thought unlikely to veto the Socialist government’s bill, which won the support of all left-of-center parties. His ratification would allow the first gay marriage …

Sources in the administration of Portuguese Prime Minister José Sócrates say that one of the first plans for his new government will be to approve marriage equality. Via Bay Windows: “The measure is part of the official program of the party and according to government sources, the move will be done as soon as [formation of] the government is complete,” …

The Constitutional Court of Portugal has upheld a ban on same-sex marriage, denying the claim of two women who demanded the right to wed. The court said its five judges ruled 3-2 against an appeal lodged by the women two years ago. Teresa Pires and Helena Paixao, divorced mothers in their 30s who have been together as a couple since …

Portugal’s prime minister Jose Socrates says that if his Socialist Party wins the election later this year, he intends to legislate for marriage equality. However Socrates will face fierce opposition from the Catholic Church. The leaders of the Catholic Church in Portugal have been accused of interfering in the political process after the country’s bishops said they would fight proposals …