Category: Europe – LGBTQ Rights
Expression Abridged: Legal Analysis of Anti-LGBTQ Propaganda Laws
TrustLaw, the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s global pro bono service and IGLYO, the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Queer & Intersex (LGBTQI) Youth & Student Organisation launch, ‘Expression Abridged: Legal Analysis of Anti-LGBTQ Propaganda Laws’ today.
MEPs write to Latvia about dismissal of a petition for cohabitation legislation
In March 2018, the Latvian Parliament dismissed a petition for introduction of partnership legislation which would recognise all unmarried couples, including same-sex couples. This is the second time the Saeima rejected such an initiative.
EP takes a stance against LGBTQ conversion therapies for the first time
Today the European Parliament adopted its Annual report on the situation of fundamental rights in the EU.
Gay Nazi victim Wolfgang Lauinger dies without German state compensation
The 99-year-old German activist Wolfgang Lauinger, imprisoned in both Nazi Germany and post-war West Germany, has died.
How Romania became a battleground in the transatlantic backlash against LGBTQ rights
Romania decriminalised homosexuality in 2001. Today it is witnessing a backlash against LGBTQ rights, supported by U.S Christian conservatives.
Freedom of movement for all families? Same-sex couple ask EU court for recognition
Will married couple Adrian Coman and Clai Hamilton be recognised as a family and have the right to move to Romania together? That is the potentially life-changing situation being considered by the Court of the Justice of the European Union (CJEU) today.