Europe

LGBTI Rights in Europe


ADDED ON: 05/29/2023

Pitiful turnout of anti-drag protesters countered with ‘joyful’ LGBTQ+ street party

On Saturday (27 May), around 100 LGBTQ+ folks and allies stood against 40 Turning Point UK campaigners, holding signs that read “South London loves trans people”. Turning Point UK – an offshoot of…

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ADDED ON: 05/28/2023

A Growing Number of LGBTQ+ Russians Seek Refuge from War, Discrimination in Argentina

Anastasia Domini and wife Anna Domini walked hand in hand on a recent sunny day in Argentina’s capital while their four restless children played nearby. It’s a common sight in a country…

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ADDED ON: 05/28/2023

Campaigners’ fury at ‘delay’ to LGBT veterans report that’s ‘a shame upon the UK’

Campaigners are fuming after the government apparently shelved a long-awaited report into the historic treatment of LBGT+ people in the military. As many as 20,000 were jailed or dismissed for their sexuality…

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ADDED ON: 05/27/2023

Abdellah Taïa: Morocco’s first gay writer reimagines Islam, queer

Abdellah Taïa is Morocco’s first gay writer in history living in Paris who reimagines being muslim, queer and African. Abdellah Taïa was born in 1973 in Rabat, Morocco. He currently lives in…

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ADDED ON: 05/27/2023

Homophobia Is Part of Putin’s War Plan

As Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Ukraine’s invasion on Feb. 24 last year, he digressed to talk about how the West was trying to destroy “traditional values” and impose LGBTQ attitudes that…

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ADDED ON: 05/27/2023

Italian government’s anti-LGBT rhetoric blamed for brutal beating of trans woman in Milan

A video of a trans woman in Milan being pepper sprayed, kicked and beaten by three police officers has caused a stir in Italy, with many drawing a link between the incident…

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ADDED ON: 05/26/2023

Landmark European ruling on LGBT+ rights

During 2019 and 2020, 21 gay and lesbian couples in Romania joined a complaint against the state to the European Court of Human Rights over the lack of official recognition of their…

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ADDED ON: 05/24/2023

Hungary Strips ‘Anti-LGBTQ’ Section From Whistleblower Law

Hungary on Tuesday modified a new whistleblower law, following outcry by human rights groups, by removing a section that had allowed citizens to report anonymously against perceived attacks on conservative values. Budapest-based…

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ADDED ON: 05/24/2023

Historic decision’: 21 same-sex couples win biggest LGBTQ rights trial at ECHR

The largest case ever heard on same-sex unions closed at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday, with the court deeming the lack of legal recognition of same-sex unions a…

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ADDED ON: 05/23/2023

Polish embassy “appalled” by German teaching material saying “Polish mother hates gays”

Poland’s embassy in Berlin says it is “appalled” by training material for teachers produced by a German government office that includes a section about a fictional Polish mother whose son is afraid…

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ADDED ON: 05/22/2023

Belgium launches call for projects to increase LGBTQ visibility

Belgium's State Secretary for Equal Opportunities Marie-Colline Leroy launched on Friday a call for projects – titled "À nous les droits" –aiming to increase the visibility of LGBTQ people and their rights,…

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ADDED ON: 05/21/2023

Thousands celebrate Brussels Pride with slogan ‘Protect the Protest’

Thousands of people celebrated Pride on the streets of Brussels on Saturday, marching in a parade with the slogan “Protect the Protest.” “Pride is a great party where everyone can be themselves,”…

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