Tag: violence
New FRA report highlights crucial role public authorities for LGBT equality
In a new report launched in the European Parliament today, the EU’s Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) highlights that prevailing negative attitudes towards LGBT people endanger their fundamental rights and hamper efforts to counter discrimination and hate crime.
EP urges Member States to speak out for LGBTI Rights at UNHRC
In a resolution adopted yesterday, the European Parliament has expressed its concern regarding “discriminatory laws and practices and acts of violence against individuals on the basis of their sexual orientation and gender identity.”
TLDEF Observes Transgender Day of Remembrance
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) commemorates the 17th Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR), a day to memorialise all those lost to anti-transgender violence and to honour the spirit and resilience of transgender people worldwide.
HRC President Chad Griffin Testifies At First-Ever Congressional Forum on Anti-Transgender Violence
Today, the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus held the first-ever Congressional Forum on Violence Against the Transgender Community in an effort to raise awareness of the scourge of violence impacting the transgender community – particularly transgender women of colour.
Ahead of First-Ever Congressional Forum on Violence Against Trans People, HRC & TPOCC Release Report
Human Rights Campaign and the Trans People of Color Coalition issue call to action in response to violent deaths of transgender people.
Report to Support LGBT Asylum Seekers Released by HRC, LGBT FAN, and National LGBTQ Task Force
Yesterday, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, in partnership with the LGBT Freedom and Asylum Network (LGBT-FAN), and the National LGBTQ Task Force, will introduce an essential new guide, Stronger Together: A Guide to Supporting LGBT Asylum Seekers, during an event at HRC’s Equality Center.