European Parliament repeats call for EU-wide anti-discrimination Directive 26th October 2011 1242 0 0 Twice this week, the European Parliament repeated it wants to outlaw discrimination based on sexual orientation across the EU. The Parliament...
Historic vote extends EU asylum standards to transgender people 27th October 2011 1355 0 0 Today the European Parliament formally adopted a new set of asylum rules for the European Union. The binding rules now include gender identity as...
MEPs call on Nigeria to abandon new homophobic Bill 2nd November 2011 1390 0 0 On Monday the Parliament of Nigeria continued examining a draft law to outlaw celebrating same-sex marriage in the West African republic. Members...
Open letter to the Legislative Assembly of St Petersburg: Don’t limit freedom of expression 17th November 2011 1336 0 0 The Legislative Assembly of Saint Petersburg is about to adopt a regional law that will ban the ‘propaganda of sodomy, lesbianism...
Horizon 2014: What LGBT Rights in the EU? 29th November 2011 1358 0 0 How are LGBT rights covered by EU laws and policies today? What progress can we achieve by the end of the current EU mandate in 2014? These...
European Parliament calls on Croatia to adopt national action plan for LGBT rights 1st December 2011 1391 0 0 Today the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the accession of Croatia to the European Union. Among other requirements, the text calls on...
Summary: Horizon 2014: What LGBT Rights in the EU? 12th December 2011 1794 0 0 On 8 December 2011, the Intergroup on LGBT Rights held a public roundtable Horizon 2014: What LGBT Rights in the World? The event was attended by...
Catherine Ashton and MEPs receive petition on freedom of speech in Russia 13th December 2011 1482 0 0 Today the High Representative of the European Union Catherine Ashton and Members of the European Parliament received a petition with almost...
Swedish government upholds forced sterilisation for transgender people 16th January 2012 1416 0 0 Members of the Swedish government announced last week the governing coalition would not seek to repeal current requirements for transgender people...
