Tag: Europe
ILGA-Europe calls on MEP candidates to defend human rights in new ComeOut EU Elections campaign
Yesterday, as Europe faces a social and political climate of uncertainty and polarisation, ILGA-Europe formally launches ComeOut – our campaign for the 2019 European elections.
HIV and hepatitis in Europe: no time for complacency, says MEP
To mark European Testing Week (23-30 November) and World Aids Day (1 December), Daniele Viotti MEP, co-chair of the LGBTI Intergroup, got a rapid HIV test inside the European Parliament in partnership with the Belgian NGO Ex Aequo.
Scotland will lead the way in LGBTQI inclusive education
Scotland will become the first country in the world to have LGBTQI inclusive education embedded in the curriculum, Deputy First Minister John Swinney has told parliament.
ILGA-Europe Annual Conference brings call for LGBTI equality and political change to Brussels
At one of the largest ever ILGA-Europe Annual Conferences, hundreds of equality and diversity organisations have come together to issue a strong call for change – right at the heart of the European political system.
Poland goes homophobic nuclear and veto blocks EU on rights of gays
Poland has vetoed an EU human rights statement on the grounds that it covered gay people but not Christians and Jews.
Two dads gave out goody bags on 10-hour flight with their new baby
This isn’t the first time this has happened, and it’s probably not the last, but it is the first time musician Niall Horan (formerly of One Direction) has tweeted about new parents leaving an apology note on a long flight.