Belgium

LGBTI Rights in Belgium

ADDED ON: 01/01/2021

A Year of Intersex Victories
12/31/2020 | Autostraddle

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…

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ADDED ON: 11/09/2020

Belgium to introduce ‘X’ as third, non-binary gender
11/09/2020 | The Brussels Times

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…

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ADDED ON: 09/26/2020

Transgender people still face discrimination in Belgium, claims activist
09/26/2020 | EuroNews

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…

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ADDED ON: 12/07/2019

Gay Belgian rower launches Instagram campaign to aid acceptance of LGBTQ athletes
12/06/2019 | OutSports

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…

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ADDED ON: 05/01/2019

Belgian tennis couple blazing a trail for LGBT community: ‘We want to inspire people struggling with coming out’
05/01/2019 | The Telegraph

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…

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ADDED ON: 02/11/2019

Children raised by same-sex couples do better in school, new study finds
02/06/2019 | Washington Post

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…

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ADDED ON: 11/30/2018

LGBTQ asylum-seekers in Europe subjected to stereotyping and humiliation, rights group says
11/29/2018 | NBC News

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…

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