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Clock Chaos! EU Falls Back to Winter Time While Daylight Saving Debate Drags On
Explore the EU’s ongoing daylight saving time dilemma as clocks fall back from 03:00 to 02:00. Discover the political gridlock, public opinion, and what’s next for Europe’s timekeeping future.
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Time for a reboot on LGBTI rights in Europe as Rainbow Map reveals a disturbing stand-still
As the 2021 Rainbow Europe Map reveals widespread and almost complete stagnation on human rights of LGBTI people, we are at a juncture when governments can actively choose the right way forward, says leading LGBTI rights organisation, ILGA-Europe.
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IDAHOBIT : «Stand up against hate» towards LGBTI people, UN human rights chief urges
Humiliation and intolerance remain «a stark reality» for many gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people around the world, the UN human rights chief has said, in her message for the upcoming International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia.
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Queen’s Speech: Conversion therapy ban delay condemned
LGBT+ and human rights campaigner, Peter Tatchell, welcomed the announcement in the Queens’s Speech that the government will legislate a ban on LGBT+ conversion therapy but condemned the «further delay, lack of clarity and absence of a timetable for the ban».
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Homophobic Poland : A Polish priest teaches how to «cure» homosexuality using electroshocks
«An attack on a pastor who conducts catechesis in accordance with Church teachings is unacceptable», says Poland’s Deputy Climate Minister Edward Siarka, defending a priest who told students that «homosexuality is a disease» that can be «treated with electric shocks» or «removal of ovaries or clitoris».
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Homophobic Poland and Hungary block «gender equality» from EU social summit
Lobbying by Poland and Hungary has led to the removal of the phrase «gender equality» from a Friday declaration on advancing social cohesion in the European Union as it strives to rebuild from the COVID-19 pandemic.