LGBTI rights defenders took to the streets of the Bulgarian capital Sophia for the seventh time on Saturday, calling on lawmakers and churches to respect their rights. Reports say around a hundred people marched, protected by hundreds more police officers. Marchers had hoped to march past the city’s Vasil Levski monument in the city center but were
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This year’s Pride March in Kyiv, Ukraine – which was due to take place on July 6 – was cancelled after authorities told the organizing committee they could not protect participants from homophobic violence. The Mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klichko, claimed that this was not the time for “entertainment events” in Ukraine, following unrest in the
From June 30 to July 6 the International LGBT Forum and Festival KyivPride2014 will take place in Ukraine. It is an annual social, political and cultural event, which is organized this year for the third time. “Today when Ukraine has faced external aggression, when they try to divide our society by incitement of hatred between
Luxembourg’s parliament has overwhelmingly passed a same-sex marriage bill, by a vote of 56-4. The bill introduces equal marriage, in addition to granting adoption rights to same-sex couples. According to the Chamber of Deputies, the law is expected to be in force by early 2015. Green MP Viviane Loschetter said: “Gay people should have the same rights
A Kyrgyzstan human rights group has passed a ‘gay propaganda’ bill in parliament. The bill, similar to Russia’s own anti-LGBT law, will make it illegal to spread information about ‘non-traditional sexual relations’ in the former Soviet country. This means it will be a crime for anyone to discuss anything related to LGBTI people in public spaces either
A White House official confirmed that Obama has asked his staff to prepare the measure for his signature, though a time-frame was not mentioned. Obama has been under pressure to sign an Executive Order due to the stalling of the broader Employment Non-Discrimination Act in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives. The Order will protect federal contractors in all
ILGA (International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association) published the 9th edition of State Sponsored Homophobia. A World survey of Laws: Criminalisation, Protection and Recognition of Same-Sex Love. The research, conducted by Jingshu Zhu and Lucas Paoli Itaborahy, provides a detailed account of the legal situation of LGBT people all around the world. In the paragraph
Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said the United States must lead the way on gay rights worldwide. “This is going to be an ongoing struggle and the United States must be on the front lines”. Traveling the world, Clinton said she had noticed an ‘increasing backlash’ against the LGBTI community. As Chicago Sun-Times
Evelyne Paradis, Executive Director of ILGA-Europe In two weeks’ time, on 22-25 May 2014, the European elections are taking place. I have probably killed your enthusiasm and will to read further just by mentioning Europe. You probably think – “I am not bothered by the European elections”, “There is no point in voting”, “Europe is
On February 22-26 LGL members met five other organizations participating in the QuPiD project. The meeting under the topic “LGBT*Q – together, side by side or against?” took place in Warsaw, Poland. QuPiD, Queer Paths into Diversity is an international project aiming at the cooperation of organizations fighting the discrimination based on sexual orientation and