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15 03 2013
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European Parliament calls for a ban on homophobic and transphobic hate crime/speech
At the moment the EU law criminalises only racist and xenophobic speech and crime and ILGA-Europe has been tirelessly campaigning for the inclusion of homophobia, transphobia and all forms of hatred in the 2008 Framework Decision on combating racism and xenophobia. Hate speech and crime against L
14 03 2013
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New pope: LGBT marriage and adoption rights ‘damage the family’
The Catholic Church may have a new pope but there is nothing new about his ideas when it comes to the rights of LGBT people. As Archbishop of Buenos Aires and Primate of Argentina, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio — who was named Pope Francis on Wednesday — has spoken out forcefully against laws gran
01 03 2013
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High Court challenge over banned 'ex-gay' bus advert
A ban on a bus advert claiming gay people can be "cured" is to be challenged in the High Court. The advert was put forward by Christian group Core Issues Trust which promotes therapy for those dealing with unwanted feelings of same-sex attraction. But Transport for London (TfL) pulled the campaign
28 02 2013
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Asylum seeker: 'I had to prove I'm gay'
The UK Border Agency used to be able to turn away gay asylum seekers on the grounds that they could return home and behave with discretion. But that changed in 2010, when it was ruled that a proven risk of persecution on the grounds of sexual orientation was reason to stay in Britain. Solicitors a
25 02 2013
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https://lesbi.ge/s/nkv/
Therapists Argue To Replace “LGBT” With More Inclusive “GSD”
London’s Pink Therapy finds “LGBT” to be an ineffective label and suggested “GSD” — Gender and Sexual Diversities — as a more inclusive term. Pink Therapy director Dominic Davies and fellow therapist Pamela Gawler-Wright posted a video (see below) Wednesday on their Facebook page, in which they dis
24 02 2013
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Vatican Gay Sex Scandal Linked To Pope’s Resignation, Italian Newspaper Reports
Could a Vatican gay sex scandal be at the heart of the Pope’s historic resignation — the first such a circumstance in over 700 years? The possible Vatican gay sex scandal comes via Andrew Sullivan as posted in The Guardian, a UK paper which translated the report in its original Italian. “A potenti
22 02 2013
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https://lesbi.ge/s/t3g/
EU conference on homophobic and transphobic bullying
Today ILGA-Europe in association with the Irish EU Presidency hosts the first ever EU level conference addressing homophobic and transphobic bullying in schools. The conference will be opened by Ruairi Quinn, Irish Minister of Education and Skills. Ireland is one of the EU Member States which made s
22 02 2013
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Ukraine: EU Should Raise LGBT Rights at Summit
(Brussels) – The European Union should urge the Ukrainian government at the upcoming EU-Ukraine summit to end abuses against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Ukraine, Human Rights Watch and 23 other groups said today in a letter to EU officials. The letter, signed by 22 Ukra
20 02 2013
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Ban on same-sex second-parent adoption is discriminatory
Today the European Court of Human Rights delivered its judgment in the case of X and Others v. Austria (application 19010/07) and ruled that Austria’s Civil Code discriminates against a partner in a same-sex relationship by making it legally impossible to adopt the biological child of the other part
10 02 2013
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https://lesbi.ge/s/ndh/
Kyrgyzstan: LGBT Groups Fighting for Rights
Issues of Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) rights have been much in the news in the former Soviet Union over the past year. In Russia and Ukraine, proposed legislation criminalizing "homosexual propaganda," or just about any discussion of homosexuality in front of minors, threatens to roll ba
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GRADATION - installation for The Trans Day of Remembrance
GRADATION is a collaborative installation of Women's Initiatives Supporting Group (WISG) and artist Uta Bekaia, supported by Propaganda.network. The voices and video images used in the installation belong to Transfeminist activists and our sisters - Amanda, Gabi, Nata, Tako. All of us are united by the grief that will forever remind us about our Trans sisters killed in the recent years, but we are also united by the same goal - to achieve living in a country and in the society free from Transphobia! #TDOR
GRADATION - installation for The Trans Day of Remembrance
Queer Sisters Run - Social and Environmental Justice