Europe

LGBTI Rights in Europe


ADDED ON: 05/16/2023

Over 40% of Italy’s LGBTQ workers say careers have been hit by discrimination

Four out of 10 LGBTQ people in Italy believe discrimination has damaged them at work, a survey by national statistics bureau ISTAT and state anti-discrimination office UNAR showed on Monday. Among those…

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ADDED ON: 05/14/2023

Moldova leaps in LGBT+ rights ranking, but Montenegro continues to lead emerging Europe

In a very hostile global climate, different actors are coming together and weighing in more actively for LGBT+ rights across Europe. Moldova’s inclusion of sexual orientation and gender identity in legislation covering…

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ADDED ON: 05/14/2023

UN expert concerned about increasing violence against LGBT people in UK

Abusive rhetoric by politicians, the media, and social commentators has trickled down to produce increasingly abusive and hateful speech against LGBT persons in the United Kingdom (UK), the UN independent expert on…

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ADDED ON: 05/14/2023

‘We’re against LGBT’: Erdoğan targets gay and trans people ahead of critical Turkish election

At campaign rallies across Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has missed no opportunity to attack gay and trans people. “We are against the LGBT,” he told one rally near the Black Sea.…

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ADDED ON: 05/13/2023

Spain: New employer obligations to ensure equality for LGBTI and trans employees

Companies with more than 50 employees have one year in which to comply with the Transgender Law by putting in place an action plan and measures to…

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ADDED ON: 05/13/2023

Handful of LGBTQ candidates square off with President Erdogan ahead of Turkey’s election

Esmeray Zeynep Ozadikti says she may land in jail for running as an openly trans woman in Turkey’s election. Still, she believes it’s worth it. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his…

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Olga Doletskaya — LGBTQ+ Studies at Risk Conference

Olga Doletskaya is a PhD candidate at the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies researching the complexities of queer parenting in Russia. She was recently one of the co-organizers of…

ADDED ON: 05/13/2023

Russia fines Google for refusing to remove LGBTQ+ content

Google has been fined three million rubles (£31,000) by Russia after it refused to remove content which the country said promoted same-sex relationships. The penalty was also imposed for Google showing “false…

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ADDED ON: 05/12/2023

LGBT Watchdog Chides Balkan, Central Europe Countries for Rights Setbacks

Europe’s leading LGBT rights organisation, ILGA-Europe has criticised Serbia and Turkey for their handling of LGBT community rights in its latest Rainbow Map and Index. The report says the pushbacks LGBT communities are facing…

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ADDED ON: 05/11/2023

Trans rights gain ground despite rising European rhetoric

LONDON, May 11 (Openly) - Europeans are moving ever closer to embracing equal rights for all despite a rise in anti-transgender rhetoric by many of their politicians, two studies found on Thursday. According…

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ADDED ON: 05/10/2023

Top Spanish court considers far-right challenge to LGBT law

Spain's Constitutional Court said Tuesday it would consider a legal challenge lodged by the far-right Vox party against a new law extending rights for transgender teenagers and encouraging tolerance for sexual diversity…

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ADDED ON: 05/10/2023

Germany proposes ‘self-determination law’ to ease legal changes of gender

The German government on Tuesday presented a proposal for a law that will make it easier for people to legally change their name and gender, ending decades-old rules that require them to…

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