LGBTI Rights in European Union
ADDED ON: 03/12/2021
The European Parliament passed a resolution on Thursday declaring the European Union a "LGBTIQ freedom zone." The measure seeks to ensure protections for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer communities…
ADDED ON: 03/11/2021
In June 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued a landmark judgement, recognising that same-sex spouses are also spouses under EU freedom of movement laws. Almost three years…
ADDED ON: 03/05/2021
Calls have been made to ensure nurses across Europe are trained to be “compassionate and culturally aware” towards lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT+) people, after new research found staff from strict…
ADDED ON: 11/13/2020
The European Union's executive Commission launched its first strategy to protect the rights of LGBT people on Thursday, a challenge to right-wing governments in Poland and Hungary that have become increasingly homophobic…
ADDED ON: 08/01/2020
The European Union has denied funding to six Polish towns that declared themselves to be "LGBT-Free Zones." In announcing the decision on Thursday, the European Commission said it was affirming that the…
ADDED ON: 07/27/2020
Poland's right-wing government says it will withdraw from a European treaty aimed at preventing violence against women. The Istanbul Convention is the world's first binding instrument to prevent violence against women but…
ADDED ON: 05/22/2020
Six in 10 gay and lesbian Europeans avoid holding hands with same-sex partners in public, and over half of LGBTQ people in Europe are almost never open about their sexual orientations or…
ADDED ON: 05/19/2020
Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who is head of the Sadrist Movement and the Saraya al-Salam militia, said in March: “One of the most appalling things that have caused this epidemic is…
ADDED ON: 01/27/2020
Ever since the UK public was asked if they wanted to stay or leave the European Union – many LGBTQ people have been worried about what leaving could mean to their rights.…
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