Tag: LGBT rights
NI gay couples suffer ‘no grave breach of human rights’
Two gay couples barred from getting married in Northern Ireland have suffered no grave breach of their human rights, the High Court heard today.
I’m gay in Ukraine and my country despises me’
Ukraine ’s crisis is not just military and political, it is social and cultural.
In A Historic Step, Ukraine Passes Legal Protections for Nation’s LGBT Citizens
Today, HRC hailed the passage of significant nondiscrimination legislation in the Ukrainian Parliament that will provide needed workplace protections for LGBT citizens and others throughout the country.
MEPs welcome Ukraine’s new LGBT anti-discrimination clause
Today, the Ukrainian Parliament (Verkhovna Rada), voted to include provisions in the Labour Code which outlaw discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity at the workplace.
Abandon repressive ‘anti-propaganda’-style law – ILGA-Europe’s call to Lithuania
A bill designed to restrict freedom of expression and freedom of assembly has made an unwelcome reappearance on Lithuania’s parliamentary agenda. ILGA-Europe was shocked to learn that an amendment to the country’s administrative code which punishes ‘public denigration of constitutional moral values’ will be voted on this Thursday (12 November 2015).
Greek government commits to laws promoting LGBTI equality
In an unprecedented show of political support for the rights of LGBTI people, representatives from all the main parliamentary parties signed an equality pledge in Athens today (Friday, 30 October 2015).