Tag: transphobia
BeLonG To welcomes the publication of EU’s Fundamental Rights Agency Report ‘Being Trans in the EU’
BeLonG To the national organisation for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans young people in Ireland welcomes the publication of ‘Being Trans in the EU’ by the FRA. This report represents the most comprehensive research into the lived experiences of Trans people across the European Union and will form the bedrock of important policy development across member states into the future.
Turkey gets its first umbrella LGBTI organisation to fight homophobia
A new organisation, the first in Turkey to ensure LGBTI websites, groups and organisations has been established to fight homophobia and transphobia in the Islamic country that straddles Europe and Asia.
Commissioner for Human Rights, Nils Muižnieks, declares that
In a human rights comment note published on October 2nd, the Commissioner for Human Rights at the Council of Europe, Nils Muižnieks, highlighted rights abuses faced by LGBTI young people and declared that all “LGBTI children have the right to safety and equality”
Gambian National Assembly passes severe anti-LGBT bill
Last month, Gambian lawmakers adopted a severe anti-LGBT bill, imposing life imprisonment for some homosexual acts.
New Swedish LGBTQ films will pay attention to sexual abuse
31-year-old Sebastian Ljunggren Wiberg is already known as a film director and actors. Last year he recorded “The lowest degree of happiness” in Gothenburg.
HRC Statement on White House Uganda Announcement
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, today commended the Obama Administration for announcing a series of new concrete actions that hold the Ugandan government and leaders in it accountable for the enactment of the Anti-Homosexuality Act earlier this year.