Category: Europe – LGBTQ Rights
EU LGBTI member organisations call on Hungary to drop article 33
ILGA-Europe and Transgender Europe, the two largest networks of LGBTI and trans organisations in Europe and Central Asia, representing over 800 organisations and groups across the region collectively, are calling on the Hungarian Parliament and the Justice Committee of the Parliament to drop Article 33 of a legislative omnibus bill, which would deny access to legal gender recognition in the country.
Latest move by Fidesz is a deliberate attack against the Hungarian trans community
Trans and gender-diverse persons continue to face discrimination, harassment and violence
throughout the EU.
Swiss voters make LGBTQ+ discrimination illegal through referendum
In Switzerland, exit polls show that 62% of the population voted in favour of criminalising LGBTQ+ discrimination.
Annual Review of the situation of LGBTI people paints a challenging picture
Annual Review of the situation of LGBTI people paints a picture at odds with a widespread notion that in Europe the work is done
ILGA-Europe welcomes a landmark European Court of Human Rights judgment on online hate speech
Today, the European Court of Human Rights found Lithuania’s failure to investigate online hateful comments against a gay couple to violate their rights to private and family life, as well as being discriminatory on the ground of sexual orientation.
First European Parliament resolution on LGBTI rights of the 9th legislature
On 18 December 2019, the European Parliament adopted its first text dedicated to LGBTI rights: a resolution on public discrimination and hate speech against LGBTI people.