Today, the European Parliament adopted a regulation defining the priorities of the European Social Fund (ESF) for the period 2014-2020. For the first time, the Fund will contribute to combating discrimination based on sex—including discrimination against transsexual persons—and sexual orientation.

Today’s binding resolution specifies that discrimination based on sex should be interpreted broadly, including discrimination against transsexual people, in line with EU Court of Justice jurisprudence.

Elisabeth Schroedter MEP, spokesperson for the Greens/EFA and Member of the LGBT Intergroup, reacted: “For the first time now protection against discrimination is a own funding priority, including lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people . With this, the European Parliament took an important step towards a more inclusive Social Fund.”

Read more at lgbt-ep.eu the official website of European Parliament’s Intergroup on LGBT Rights