Malta adopts ground-breaking gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics law 2nd April 2015 617 0 0 Yesterday, Maltese parliamentarians wrote history by adopting the Gender Identity, Gender Expression and Sex Characteristics Act (GIGESC). The law...
Parliament human rights report addresses LGBTI criminalisation, trans rights and same-sex unions 17th March 2015 552 0 0 Last week, the European Parliament voted its annual report on human rights in the world. The report takes account of the situation of human...
Strasbourg Court: sterilisation requirement for gender reassignment surgery is a violation of privacy 12th March 2015 498 0 0 Tuesday, the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled that the requirement of permanent infertility to undergo gender...
EU report reveals alarming reality trans people 11th December 2014 517 0 0 Tuesday, the EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) presented the largest comparative study on the experiences of trans people in all 28 EU Member...
Strasbourg ruling: divorce requirement for legal gender recognition ‘no violation of Human Rights’ 17th July 2014 459 0 0 Yesterday, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled that the divorce requirement for people who wish to change their legal gender and are...
Denmark becomes Europe’s leading country on legal gender recognition 12th June 2014 577 0 0 Yesterday, the Danish Parliament voted a new regulation which will make it easier for transgender persons to see their preferred gender officially...
#EP2014: Why does this election matter for LGBTI rights? 22nd May 2014 542 0 0 Starting today, the 8th direct election to the European Parliament will determine the EU’s action over the next five years, including in the...
Malta votes for civil unions, non-discrimination for transgender individuals, mutual recognition 16th April 2014 545 0 0 On Monday evening, the Parliament of Malta voted to allow same-sex couples to enter civil unions and adopt children; amend the constitution to...
Summary: 2009-2019, 10 years of LGBT rights: Successes, Failures, Challenges 14th March 2014 18087 0 0 On 5 March, the LGBT Intergroup held a seminar “10 years of LGBT rights: Successes, failures, challenges.” Under the chairing of...
