ADDED ON: 01/01/2021
A Year of Intersex Victories
While 2020 has been a rough year for just about everyone, 2020 has also been a year of many intersex victories and of the overall global advancement of intersex rights. The term…
Belgium
ADDED ON: 11/09/2020
Belgium to introduce ‘X’ as third, non-binary gender
Belgium’s new government will introduce gender-neutrality throughout its term and make it possible for non-binary citizens to use the gender identifier “X.” Federal Justice Minister Vincent Van Quickenborne said gender inclusion and…
ADDED ON: 09/26/2020
Transgender people still face discrimination in Belgium, claims activist
European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen denounced discrimination of the LGBTI community last week, criticising Poland for their LGBTI-free zones. "Being yourself is not your ideology, it is your identity and…
ADDED ON: 12/07/2019
Gay Belgian rower launches Instagram campaign to aid acceptance of LGBTQ athletes
The sport of rowing is already beloved in the LGBTQ community thanks to the annual Warwick Rowers calendar, an annual fundraising publication featuring photos of the team baring it all in perhaps…
ADDED ON: 05/01/2019
Belgian tennis couple blazing a trail for LGBT community: ‘We want to inspire people struggling with coming out’
Having pulled off one of the greatest wins of her career a year ago at Wimbledon - storming past defending champion Garbine Muguruza to reach the third round - Alison Van Uytvanck…
ADDED ON: 02/11/2019
Children raised by same-sex couples do better in school, new study finds
Children of same-sex couples perform better in school than kids raised by a mom and a dad, according to new research from several European economists. The researchers found that children raised by…
ADDED ON: 11/30/2018
LGBTQ asylum-seekers in Europe subjected to stereotyping and humiliation, rights group says
Navid Jafartash fled Iran in 2014 because he feared for his life: He is gay, and homosexuality is illegal in Iran and in some cases punishable by death. He went to Vienna, where…
ADDED ON: 10/18/2018
Ugandan MPs Defeat LGBTI Agenda at Inter Parliamentary Union
Members of Parliament attending the 139th Assembly of the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Geneva Switzerland have strongly rejected the LGBTI agenda which had been presented to the Assembly to be debated…
ADDED ON: 07/03/2018
World Cup Countries with More LGBT Rights Are Doing Way, Way Better
Countries which have taken more steps towards LGBT equality have overwhelmingly done better at the 2018 World Cup than their intolerant counterparts. Every nation where homosexuality is illegal has been knocked out…
ADDED ON: 05/15/2018
Which European Countries Have the Best and Worst LGBTI Rights?
Countries across Europe need to do more to protect the rights of LGBTI people, according to a new index, which says law and policy advances have slowed down across the region. The…
Human Rights Watch
For over a decade, the Human Rights Watch lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights program has fought to end horrific human rights abuses—including killings, torture, wrongful arrests, domestic violence, censorship, and discrimination—and promote the rights of all people regardless of who they love, how they look, and who they are.
ADDED ON: 01/31/2018
New Data Released on Attitudes Toward Transgender People
Today, the global research firm IPSOS released the results of a 23 country survey, including the US, on attitudes toward transgender people. The data was collected online between October 24th and November…
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