Category: Europe
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Latest move by Fidesz is a deliberate attack against the Hungarian trans community
Trans and gender-diverse persons continue to face discrimination, harassment and violence
throughout the EU.
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Finnish Evangelical pastor, MP under investigation over anti-LGBTQ booklet
The 24-page booklet, titled ‘Male and Female He Created Them – Homosexual relationships challenge the Christian concept of humanity,’ was published in 2004 and is still available online.
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Swiss voters make LGBTQ+ discrimination illegal through referendum
In Switzerland, exit polls show that 62% of the population voted in favour of criminalising LGBTQ+ discrimination.
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Annual Review of the situation of LGBTI people paints a challenging picture
Annual Review of the situation of LGBTI people paints a picture at odds with a widespread notion that in Europe the work is done
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ILGA-Europe welcomes a landmark European Court of Human Rights judgment on online hate speech
Today, the European Court of Human Rights found Lithuania’s failure to investigate online hateful comments against a gay couple to violate their rights to private and family life, as well as being discriminatory on the ground of sexual orientation.
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First European Parliament resolution on LGBTI rights of the 9th legislature
On 18 December 2019, the European Parliament adopted its first text dedicated to LGBTI rights: a resolution on public discrimination and hate speech against LGBTI people.