In a very hostile global climate, different actors are coming together and weighing in more actively for LGBT+ rights across Europe. Moldova’s inclusion of sexual...
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While several governments in emerging Europe actively chose to take real action over the past 12 months to progress LGBT+ equality, there has been backsliding too...
The EU’s top court has formally recognised the relationship of same-sex parents and their children under EU law. In a landmark judgement, the Court of Justice of...
Viktor Orbán’s government has intensified its crusade against the LGBT+ community within the last year ignoring the growing public acceptance of LGBT+ people...
The European Union, the United States and major international human rights groups have condemned Hungary after the country’s parliament approved a controversial...
Montenegro is Central and Eastern Europe’s best performer on the latest edition of the ILGA-Europe Rainbow Europe Map and Index, which monitors LGBTI rights across...
Almost three years after a European Court ruled that Romania must recognise a same-sex couple under EU freedom of movement legislation, its government is yet to...
Just as Poland calls for the protection of free speech, three Polish women face trial – and the risk of up to two years in prison – for blasphemy. A court in...
A new, five-year EU LGBT+ Equality Strategy marks a qualitative shift from the European Commission towards playing its full role to defend and protect LGBT+ rights in...
Montenegro this week became the first country in the Western Balkans to formally allow same-sex civil partnerships, and the first emerging European country outside of...
With a couple of notable exceptions, the countries of emerging Europe remain a long way behind those in the west of the continent when it comes to protecting the human...
Amid rising hate speech and crime, vulnerable people across Europe – particularly in the east of the continent – find themselves disconnected from the...