Category: Europe
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MEPs write to Croatian Presidency about EU accession blockage for North Macedonia and Albania
Impact on LGBTI rights of EU’s blockage of accession talks with North Macedonia and Albania.
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Germany’s Cabinet Approves Ban on «Conversion Therapy»
On Wednesday, December 18, the Cabinet of Germany – the country’s chief executive body consisting of Chancellor Angela Merkel and the cabinet of ministers – approved a draft bill banning advertising and offering of «conversion therapy» practices to change, suppress, or divert one’s sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.
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Vatican makes Cardinal Newman a saint & erases his sexuality
Cardinal Newman was canonised as a saint in Rome by Pope Francis last Sunday, Sunday 13 October 2019.
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In homophobic Poland, big handouts and gay-bashing win votes
Poland has a president and a prime minister. But Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the leader of the nationalist Law and Justice (pis) party, is its true ruler.
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Marielle Franco is the first-ever LGBTI person to be on the Sakharov Prize shortlist
The European Parliament announced the finalists for the Sakharov Prize on 9 October 2019. And for the first time in its 30 years of existence, a person from the LGBTI community is on the list: Marielle Franco.
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This is a critical time for the EU Commission to adopt a comprehensive LGBTI strategy
Europe is at a dangerous crossroads and that’s why this is a critical time for the Commission to adopt a comprehensive LGBTI strategy over the next five years, says ILGA-Europe, in advance of the Finnish Presidency conference on advancing LGBTI equality in the EU.