Union of Equality: The Commission presents its first-ever strategy on LGBTIQ equality in the EU

The European Commission presented today the first-ever EU Strategy for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, non-binary, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) equality, as announced by President von der Leyen in her 2020 State of the Union Address.

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Angola: New penal code adds protections for sexual orientation

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Angola’s National Assembly approved a final reading of the new Penal Code which will go into effect in February 2021. The code removes the phrase “vices against nature” which had been used to criminalize same-sex sexual activity.

Turkey: Police detained 18 trans women, citing “corona measures”!

Police detained 18 trans women in İstanbul, citing "corona measures". Trans women were kept at the police station overnight. “They detained 18 trans women in the middle of the night, who were not even suspects and kept them in tiny rooms for hours during the pandemic” says Att. Hatice Demir.

Ukraine: "Issues of minority rights and the elimination of violence against them should be discussed clearly not by opponents of equal rights"

Here is another interview from UHHRU to discuss the issue of legislative adoption of the Civil Partnership Registration (RCP) in Ukraine. Olena Shevchenko, a well-known LGBTQI + public activist and chairwoman of the Insight NGO, answers UHHRU's questions.

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Turkey: State of Emergency is Still Going on for LGBTI+’s!

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As Women for Women's Human Rights - New Ways Association and Kaos GL Association, we met in Istanbul between November 8-9 2019 at the 2 day Solidarity Keeps Alive Workshop in Istanbul to discuss how to fight together as feminists and LGBTI+ activists against right-wing conservative attacks that have become more and more organized over the recent years and describing itself as anti-gender movements.

Hungarian government launches crusade against LGBTQI people

Hungarian Minister of Justice submitted legislative amendments to the Parliament that stigmatize same-sex couples raising children and transgender people, making single-parent adoption and LGBTQI school education programs impossible.