The Local Germany https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed 'Homosexuality is not an illness': Germany plans to ban conversion therapy German Health Minister Jens Spahn said Tuesday he plans to write a law this year to ban so-called conversion therapies that aim to make gays and lesbians heterosexual. https://www.thelocal.de/20190611/germany-plans-to-ban-gay-lesbian-conversion-therapy-homosexuality Tue, 11 Jun 2019 14:53:20 +0200 germany-plans-to-ban-gay-lesbian-conversion-therapy-homosexuality Europe's largest gay festival held in Berlin Nearly half a million people in Berlin celebrated on Saturday the 21st annual gay-lesbian city festival – the largest gathering of its kind in Europe. https://www.thelocal.de/20130616/50329 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:35:00 +0200 50329 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. https://www.thelocal.de/20100325/26127 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:40:00 +0100 26127