Press releases
European Parliament debates the recognition of same-sex unions in the EU
Yesterday night, Members of the European Parliament including Intergroup Presidents Michael Cashman, Sophie in’t Veld, Ulrike Lunacek and Raül Romeva told the Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship that more must be done to uphold same-sex couples’ fundamental rights …
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Posted in: Press releases, Recent news on September 8th, 2010
Historic European LGBT pride underway in Poland
The 18th edition of Europride, the annual European lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) pride event, is underway. Saturday 17 July will see the festival culminate with tens of thousands marching in Warsaw; this is the first time the European …
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Posted in: Press releases, Recent news on July 14th, 2010
Paedophilia and homosexuality are linked, say right-wing MEP
At today’s parliamentary hearing on the sexual abuse of children, organised in the European Parliament by the European People’s Party (EPP), an individual right-wing MEP expressed the view that paedophilia was connected to homosexuality.
Posted in: Press releases, Recent news on July 1st, 2010
MEPs welcome new toolkit to defend LGBT people’s human rights
Members of the European Parliament have welcomed the adoption by the Council of the European Union of a Toolkit to Promote and Protect the Enjoyment of all Human Rights by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) People (PDF). The document, …
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Posted in: Press releases, Recent news on June 30th, 2010
European Parliament says the EU should do more for transgender people’s rights
Today the European Parliament adopted a strong position in favour of safeguarding transgender people’s fundamental rights. The Parliament officially acknowledged discrimination on grounds of gender identity, calls for accessible gender reassignment procedures, and insists future EU gender equality initiatives should …
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Posted in: Press releases, Recent news on June 17th, 2010
Malawi presidential pardon is wise and humane, but means little if laws don’t change
The two Malawian citizens convicted of ‘gross indecency’ and ‘unnatural acts’, who had been sentenced to 14 years’ imprisonment and hard labour, were pardoned on Saturday 29 May by Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika. Members of the European Parliament welcome …
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Posted in: Press releases, Recent news on May 31st, 2010
Turkey: Harsh police violence against transgender activists
Yesterday evening, on the 6th International Day Against Homophobia, uniformed police forces violently attacked five transgender activists from Pink Life Association in Ankara, Turkey. The activists were forced out of their private car on unclear motives from the police. Attempting …
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Posted in: Press releases, Recent news on May 18th, 2010
Messages from EU leaders on the International Day Against Homophobia
On the 17th May 2010, the International Day Against Homophobia, leaders from the European Council, the European Parliament and the European Commission have issued strong messages condemning homophobia. It is the first time that 3 top-level EU leaders address homophobia …
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Posted in: Press releases, Recent news on May 17th, 2010
Joint press release: Baltic Pride appeals temporary permit suspension
Joint press release by ILGA-Europe, the Intergroup on LGBT Rights and Amnesty International Baltic Pride, the 8th May pride event organised by the Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) community and supported by international actors, saw …
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Posted in: Press releases, Recent news on May 6th, 2010
Joint press release: Baltic Pride under threat
Joint press release by ILGA-Europe, the Intergroup on LGBT Rights and Amnesty International Raimondas Petrauskas, Lithuania’s Interim Attorney General, and Stanislovas Buškevičius, member of the Kaunas City Council, have applied to the court to ban the Baltic Pride/March for Equality …
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Posted in: Press releases, Recent news on May 4th, 2010
