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TRANS DAY OF REMEMBRANCE – 295 PEOPLE MURDERED IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS
30/11/2016 - All Countries
20 November marked the International Trans Day of Remembrance. This is the 18th consecutive year that trans activists and allies all ...
OSCE HATE CRIME REPORT 2015: 699 HATE CRIMES AGAINST LGBTI PEOPLE RECORDED
30/11/2016 - All Countries
On 16 November 2016 the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) released its hate crime data for 2015. The ...
EU PROGRESS REPORTS REVEAL LGBTI RIGHTS SITUATION IN THE WESTERN BALKANS AND TURKEY
29/11/2016 - All Countries
Poor implementation of existing legislation, low political will, inadequate protection from hate speech and hate crime, poor performance of Equality ...
KAOS GL V. TURKEY: ECHR DECIDES FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION HAD BEEN VIOLATED
29/11/2016 - Turkey
29 November 2016 – Last week the European Court of Human Rights decided unanimously on the case of Kaos GL ...
LGBT COMMUNITY IN MACEDONIA DEMANDS POLITICAL PARTICIPATION. “VOTE FOR EQUALITY” CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED PRIOR TO ELECTIONS
28/11/2016 - Macedonia
Macedonian organization Subversive Front kicked off last week the campaign “Vote for equality” in light of the upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled for ...
TURKEY CLOSES DOWN 370 ASSOCIATIONS, ONE LGBT ACTIVIST DETAINED
16/11/2016 - Turkey
In a shocking statement, released recently, Turkey’s Ministry of Interior closed down 370 associations in 39 provinces of the country, ...
THE LETTER “I” INTERSEX AWARENESS DAY
26/10/2016 - All Countries
October 26th marks intersex awareness day. While usually we assume that international days about one topic or another have been out ...
TRANS MAN ATTACKED IN SERBIA: POLICE FAILS TO HANDLE THE CASE
21/10/2016 - Serbia
Police officials at the Police station in Vlasotince, Serbia, acted unprofessionally towards a victim of violence - a trans* man ...
TURKISH TRANS ACTIVISTS GET ATTACKED TWICE IN SAME DAY
11/10/2016 - Turkey
Last week trans activists from Ankara based organisation Pembe Hayat were assaulted twice by individuals and groups of transphobic men. On the ...
BELGRADE PRIDE 2016 SUCCESSFULLY HELD
27/09/2016 - Serbia
This year’s Belgrade Pride Parade, held under the slogan "Love changes the world" took place last Sunday, 18 September. As the organisers ...
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE ORGANISATION OF MONTENEGRO PRIDE 2016
27/09/2016 - Montenegro
Queer Montenegro and Montenegro Pride Initiative Board announced the call to join the organizing committee in organizing the fourth Pride Parade in ...
PROJECT ON POLITICAL PARTICIPATION OF LGBTI PEOPLE KICKS OFF IN ALBANIA
27/09/2016 - Albania
Open Mind Spectrum Albania started the implementation of a new project which aims to bring the topic of equality for ...
TEENAGER BRUTALLY BEATEN IN PODGORICA IN HOMOPHOBIC ATTACK
27/09/2016 - Montenegro
Last Saturday, 24 September, in the Stari Aerodrom settlement of the Montenegrin capital, Podgorica, a young man was brutally beaten ...
REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON PUBLIC CAMPAIGNING TO TAKE PLACE IN BELGRADE
31/08/2016 - All Countries
ERA – LGBTI Equal Rights Association for the Western Balkans and Turkey, will organize on 5-6 September the first regional ...
SERBIAN ACTIVISTS GATHER IN FRONT OF TURKISH EMBASSY IN HONOUR OF HANDE KADER
25/08/2016 - Serbia
On Monday, 29th August, at 12 o'clock, an organized and peaceful gathering was held in front the Embassy of Turkey ...
SERBIAN LGBTI ACTIVIST BOBAN STOJANOVIC ATTACKED IN DOWNTOWN BELGRADE
23/08/2016 - Serbia
On Monday 22 August, Serbian activist Boban Stojanovic, one of the organisers of Belgrade Pride, was a victim of a ...
TURKISH TRANS ACTIVIST BRUTALLY MURDERED IN ISTANBUL: MASSIVE PROTEST DEMANDS A STOP TO TRANSPHOBIA
23/08/2016 - Turkey
In August 8th, the body of prominent Turkish trans activist Hande Kader was found mutilated and burned in the Zekeriyaköy neighborhood of Istanbul. ...
MEMBER OF THE ALBANIAN PARLIAMENT ACCUSED OF OVERT DISCRIMINATION AGAINST LGBT COMMUNITY
15/08/2016 - Albania
PINK Embassy in Albania announced on August 12th that the Commissioner for Protection from Discrimination is reviewing the complaint its complaint ...
ALBANIAN GOVERNING COALITION SACRIFICES LGBTI RIGHTS AND SUCCUMBS TO PRESSURE FROM RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY
20/07/2016 - Albania
This week, in an attempt to have the justice reform passed with consensus from the opposition, the Albanian governing coalition ...
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA AMENDS ITS ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAW; INTERSEX PEOPLE OFFERED PROTECTION FOR THE FIRST TIME
15/07/2016 - Bosnia and Herzegovina
14 July 2016 – Bosnia & Herzegovina became the first country in south-east Europe to provide explicit protection for intersex ...
PRIDES IN THE BALKANS STILL A SERIOUS BUSINESS
14/07/2016 - All Countries
TURIN CONFERENCE BRINGS TOGETHER EAST EUROPEAN ACTIVISTS Turin, 8 July2016 – LGBTI activists from Albania, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Ukraine, Italy, Spain ...
“WE VOTE TOO” CAMPAIGN IN MACEDONIA REMINDS LGBTI PEOPLE OF THE POWER OF THEIR VOTE
13/07/2016 - Macedonia
Macedonian organization LGBT United Tetovo kicked off its most recent campaign under the slogan “We vote too”. Aimed at LGBTI ...
GAY COUPLE ATTACKED IN PRISTINA
06/07/2016 - Kosovo
A gay couple was attacked Saturday, July 2nd in Prishtina, Kosovo. The perpetrator was the owner of the house they ...
INTERNATIONAL LGBTIQ PRIDE DAY MARKED IN BELGRADE
05/07/2016 - Serbia
Fourth Hatred free zone dedicated to solidarity with war refugees The International LGBTIQ pride day was marked on Monday in Belgrade ...
ISTANBUL PRIDE BANNED – ORGANIZERS STATEMENT
05/07/2016 - Turkey
Istanbul LGBTI+ Pride Committee issued a press release concerning 14th Pride March: We are announcing, with sadness, that we will ...
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL VOTES TO APPOINT INDEPENDENT SOGI EXPERT
05/07/2016 - All Countries
Last week was historical for the LGBTI movement in relation to the UN. The organization’s Human Rights Council voted in ...
CALL FOR SOLIDARITY: HATE CAMPAIGN IN TURKEY ENDANGERS ISTANBUL LGBTI+ PRIDE WEEK
17/06/2016 - Turkey
The upcoming LGBTI+ Pride in Istanbul which is planned to take place next week, along with the Pride March is ...
HOMOPHOBIC ATTACK AGAINST TWO GAY MEN IN KOSOVO
15/06/2016 - Kosovo
Last Friday night two gay men became victims of a homophobic attack in Ferizaj a town 35 km from Pristina, ...
