Europe

LGBTI Rights in Europe


ADDED ON: 03/08/2023

Russia won’t play ‘dangerous gender games’ – parliamentary head

Russia will not play “dangerous gender games”, the head of its upper house of parliament said in a vehement attack on sexual minorities in a message marking International Women’s Day, one of…

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ADDED ON: 03/06/2023

Islamic schools trust praised for promoting British values ‘described gay people as evil’

An Islamic schools trust that was praised for promoting British values is allegedly facing watchdog questions after describing gay people as 'evil'. The Charity Commission has launched a compliance case against the Abu…

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ADDED ON: 03/05/2023

Serbia’s LGBTQ groups rally after spate of attacks on gays

Serbia's beleaguered LGBTQ activists on Friday rallied to demand state action following a spate of violence against gays, including a stabbing that injured a young man. The gathering dubbed “Hate kills!” was…

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ADDED ON: 03/04/2023

Serbia’s LGBTQ groups rally after spate of attacks on gays

Serbia's beleaguered LGBTQ activists on Friday rallied to demand state action following a spate of violence against gays, including a stabbing that injured a young man. The gathering dubbed “Hate kills!” was…

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ADDED ON: 03/04/2023

EU’s top court to rule on Romania’s refusal to accept transgender man’s identity

The European Union's top court will hear a case brought by a British-Romanian transgender man against Romanian authorities over their refusal to recognize his gender identity, Romanian LGBTQ rights organisation ACCEPT said…

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ADDED ON: 03/03/2023

Russia may be weaponising homophobia, but the war has strengthened Ukraine’s fight for LGBT rights

In Kherson, two Russian occupiers used the same insult – "pinks" – when they burst into the hide-out of a lesbian couple. The men then violently raped the two women at gunpoint, according…

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ADDED ON: 03/02/2023

LGBT rights in the Balkans: Assessing two decades of change and nationalist challenges

Some progress has been made on strengthening LGBT rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Serbia over the last two decades, in part due to the requirements of the EU accession process.…

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ADDED ON: 03/01/2023

LGBT rights in the Balkans: Assessing two decades of change and nationalist challenges

After a turbulent post-war period, the three largest countries of the former Yugoslavia – Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, and Serbia – shifted toward greater democracy and Europeanisation in the early 2000s. All three had…

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ADDED ON: 02/27/2023

In Cantal, A Rural Reception Center Allows Young LGBT+ People To Come And “Recharge Their Batteries”

It is nicknamed the Lourdes of Cantal. A small village of three hundred inhabitants, Quézac is home to a Marian sanctuary which, from the 14th century, became a popular place of pilgrimage.…

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ADDED ON: 02/26/2023

In Cantal, A Rural Reception Center Allows Young LGBT+ People To Come And “Recharge Their Batteries”

It is nicknamed the Lourdes of Cantal. A small village of three hundred inhabitants, Quézac is home to a Marian sanctuary which, from the 14th century, became a popular place of pilgrimage.…

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ADDED ON: 02/22/2023

Bulgarian Supreme Court Rules Against Transgender People’s Rights

Rights activists predicted more cases being brought against Bulgaria at the European Court of Human Rights after the Supreme Court of Cassation in Sofia ruled on Monday that transgender people will no…

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ADDED ON: 02/21/2023

Lithuania’s Romas Zabarauskas Opens Screen Doors for LGBT Storytelling in Eastern Europe

Breaking into the world of filmmaking is never an easy prospect. And when you are a queer filmmaker who wants to focus on LGBTQ subjects, and lives in a traditional, Catholic, former…

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