Newsroom – Page 49 – The European Parliament's LGBTI Intergroup

27th October 2011 1354 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...

26th October 2011 1240 0 0

Twice this week, the European Parliament repeated it wants to outlaw discrimination based on sexual orientation across the EU. The Parliament...

19th October 2011 1363 0 0

Last Thursday, police in the Turkish-occupied northern part of Cyprus arrested three men in their private home. After five days already spent...

The Serbian LGBT pride march Parada Ponosa, due to take place on Sunday in the capital, was banned today by the National Security Council. The...

In a resolution adopted yesterday, the European Parliament has called on the World Health Organization to stop considering transgender people as...

Today the European Parliament joined the United Nations’ call for safeguarding the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT)...

The European Commission recently affirmed that EU law does not warrant widespread bans on blood donations from gay and bisexual men in several EU...

15th July 2011 1591 0 0

As the parliamentary year comes to an end, we look back on the highlights of the year for LGBT rights in the European Parliament. We also welcome...

11th July 2011 1311 0 0

A new Law on the Provision of Information to the Public came into force on 30 June, outlawing discrimination based on sexual orientation. Previous...

7th July 2011 1671 0 0

On 30 June 2011, the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights held a hearing on LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex)...