Tag: LGBTI equality
MEPs welcome Member States’ support to Commission’s actions on LGBTI equality, deplore opposition of Hungary
This Monday, the Council (i.e. Ministers of the Member States), failed to reach agreement on a common response to the Commission’s “List of Actions to advance LGBTI equality”.
New report on legal situation LGBTI people in the EU
This Monday, the European Union’s Fundamental Rights Agency released an updated EU-wide legal analysis: ‘Protection against discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation, gender identity and sex characteristics in the European Union: Comparative legal analysis’.
European Commission publishes List of Actions to advance LGBTI Equality
Yesterday, Commissioner for Justice and Gender Equality Věra Jourová presented a List of actions by the Commission to advance LGBTI Equality in the EPSCO Council, where the EU Ministers responsible for employment and social policy meet.
Commonwealth Summit in Malta urged to back LGBTI equality
Fifty people rallied outside the London headquarters of the Commonwealth, two days before the start of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Malta.
Parliament demands Commission and Member States to tackle homophobia in schools
Last week, the European Parliament agreed that the European Commission and Member States should work together to tackle homophobia and transphobia in education.