Europe

LGBTI Rights in Europe


ADDED ON: 04/26/2023

The LGBTQ rights debate is testing Ukraine’s commitment to Europe

When Russian troops swarmed Kyiv in early 2022, Andrii Kravchuk was summoned to serve. As he approached the military office to enlist, his heart raced. He wasn’t afraid to defend his country.…

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ADDED ON: 04/25/2023

Hungarian president vetoes controversial anti-LGBT law

In a surprising move, Hungarian President Katalin Novak rejected the new law that restricts the rights of homosexual and transsexual people on April 21. It marks the first time that Novak, a…

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ADDED ON: 04/25/2023

Russia Wants to Ban Transgender People Changing Gender on Passport

Russia's Justice Ministry is gearing up to make it tougher for transgender people to change their gender markers in their passports, which will make gender transition tougher in general. But Russian LGBTQ+…

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ADDED ON: 04/25/2023

Bolshoi pulls Nureyev ballet citing ban on LGBT ‘propaganda’

Russia’s Bolshoi Theater has removed a ballet dedicated to dancer Rudolf Nureyev from its repertoire, citing a new Russian law that expands restrictions on activities seen as promoting LGBT rights, its director…

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ADDED ON: 04/25/2023

Gay marriage brought equality to France while giving rise to homophobia

A decade after France legalised same-sex marriage, it remains the law of the land – providing equal rights to thousands of people. But the debates and demonstrations surrounding the law's passage brought…

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ADDED ON: 04/23/2023

Erdoğan and Soylu attack LGBTI+ community during election campaigns

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on April 22 targeted the opposition over the LGBTI+ community and stated “the Republican People’s Party (CHP), the Worker’s Party of Turkey (TİP) and the Peoples’ Democratic Party…

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ADDED ON: 04/22/2023

Welsh schools to get guidance on supporting transgender pupils

National guidance for schools in Wales on how to support transgender pupils will be published during the next academic year. The Welsh government said it required "extensive consultation" and would provide "clear…

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ADDED ON: 04/22/2023

How Putin Inadvertently Boosted Support for LGBT Rights in Ukraine

When Vladimir Putin announced Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, he framed the move in part as a means of defending traditional values from Western attitudes “that are directly…

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ADDED ON: 04/21/2023

Hungary’s Christian LGBT community hopes Pope visit will heal social wounds

Hungary's Christian LGBT community hopes a visit by Pope Francis to Budapest next week can help heal wounds in a deeply divided society amid an intensifying anti-LGBT campaign by the country's deeply…

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ADDED ON: 04/20/2023

Gay Rwandan woman says government can’t protect LGBTQ+ refugees: ‘They won’t be safe’

Like many in Rwanda, Maria was raised Christian, which made it even harder for her to accept her sexuality. She recalls spending “a lot of time in churches trying to pray it away”. “I…

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ADDED ON: 04/17/2023

As Ukraine’s LGBTQ soldiers fight on the front line, acceptance grows in the conservative country

KYIV, Ukraine — On a riotous Instagram profile featuring pole-dancing, cross-dressing and fierce makeup, a picture of Ivan Honzyk in high heels and stockings next to an image of him in military…

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ADDED ON: 04/17/2023

Transgender-related protesters divided by police in Belfast

Police have been keeping two opposing groups apart at separate transgender-related events in Belfast city centre. Hundreds of people have attended the events near Donegall Quay. A Let Women Speak rally was…

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