Gay rights a tall order in ex-communist bloc

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Published Nov 06 2009 by France24 - europe

Gay rights a tall order in ex-communist bloc

Twenty years on from the fall of the Iron Curtain, Eastern Europe's homosexuals say they still face a tough struggle for equal rights, plus the kind of verbal abuse and violence rarely seen in the West anymore.

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