Greek PM Says LGBTQ Legal Reform Paused With Marriage Equality

Greece is shifting the focus of its LGBTQ rights agenda to changing attitudes rather than legislation, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said, a blow to activists hoping for further reform after a landmark same-sex marriage bill was introduced earlier this year.

Long-demanded by Greece’s LGBTQ community, the introduction of marriage equality was “courageous” and “the right thing to do” although it did come with “some political consequences,” the Greek premier said in a Bloomberg interview on Wednesday at the prime minister’s office in Athens.