Tag: LGBT rights
Turkish goverment has blocked gay community
If you have been watching CNN International lately, the Turkish government runs an ad to get businesses to invest in Turkey. But who wanna invest in a country that ignore LGBT-rights ? Turkish government have just blocked Turkey’s biggest and only gay community site.
Human Rights Campaign to Host “Her HRC”
The Human Rights Campaign, America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organisation, will host Her HRC, a national weekend of celebration for women. HRC communities in nearly 25 cities will gather to celebrate the diversity of women, their contributions to equality and inspire engagement and awareness in the LGBT civil rights movement.
ILGA-Europe’s welcomes the prominence of LGBT human rights issues in the European Commission’s progress reports on accession and pre-accession countries
On 9 November, 2010 the Commission issued its 2010 Progress Reports on Croatia, Iceland, the FYR of Macedonia, Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Kosovo*. The progress reports on Albania and Montenegro are replaced this year by the Commission’s Opinions on the readiness of the two countries to start accession negotiations. The documents highlight the progress made by accession and pre-accession countries towards the EU integration.