International Women’s Day: UN Committee / Police violence against trans women in Turkey 8th March 2013 1463 0 0 On International Women’s Day, Intergroup Co-Presidents Ulrike Lunacek and Michael Cashman recall that violence remains a dire reality for...
Les opposants au mariage pour tous s’allient aux anti-avortement en Europe 12th March 2013 1415 0 0 Aujourd’hui Virginie Tellenne (alias Frigide Barjot) et Xavier Bongibault, porte-paroles de la Manif pour tous contre le mariage homosexuel...
The European Parliament wants to outlaw homophobic crime and speech in the EU 14th March 2013 1609 0 0 Today the European Parliament adopted a non-binding resolution on strengthening the fight against racism, xenophobia and hate crime. The text...
Summary: Free movement of LGBT families in the EU 25th March 2013 1985 0 0 On 6 March 2013, the LGBT Intergroup met to discuss the free movement of same-sex couples and their families in the European Union. A large...
European Parliament tells Commission to step up work on transgender issues 16th April 2013 1408 0 0 Today the European Parliament asked the European Commission to step up its work against the discrimination faced by transgender people when...
LGBT rights in Ukraine closely scrutinised as European Parliament consents to easier visa rules 18th April 2013 1350 0 0 Today the European Parliament gave its binding consent to easier visa rules for Ukrainian citizens. Members of the European Parliament had...
European Parliament takes stock of LGBT rights in Western Balkans and Turkey 22nd April 2013 1416 0 0 Last week the European Parliament adopted five of its annual progress reports for candidate and potential candidate EU countries. MEPs addressed...
EU Court of Justice: Preliminary ruling on homophobic statement by Romanian football club owner 26th April 2013 1729 0 0 Yesterday the Court of Justice of the European Union issued a preliminary ruling on the responsibility of employers in the case of homophobic or...
Groundbreaking LGBT research to be published next week angers religious conservatives 8th May 2013 1361 0 0 Next week the EU’s Agency for Fundamental Rights will present the results of two years’ research into the discrimination and violence...
