One in three LGBT+ individuals in Greece say they have been insulted due to their sexual orientation and/or gender identity at least once by public sector employees, while 6% say they are often or always subjected to outright verbal abuse, according to an online survey tracking the experience of members of LGBTQI at public sector services.
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Sorgente: Hungary parliament passes law effectively banning same-sex couples from adopting children
RIGA – For the first time in Latvia, a woman is going on a ten-day paternity leave which until now was granted to fathers after the birth of a c……
Sorgente: For the first time in Latvia, a woman goes on paternity leave – The Baltic Times
DUBLIN — Ireland’s Deputy Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has accused the main opposition Sinn Féin party of defending homophobic, sexist and racist attitudes within its ranks. Tensions between Varadkar’s centrist Fine Gael and the nationalist Sinn Féin have repeatedly flared in recent months as the two compete for first place in public opinion polls. “If you’re an opponent of Sinn Féin and you’re gay, or you’re mixed race, or you’re a young woman, that’s fair game.
Sorgente: Ireland’s Varadkar accuses Sinn Féin of defending homophobia, racism, sexism
Der Berliner Arzt Denis Hedeler wirft seinem Vorgesetzten, einem Berliner Stadtrat von der AfD, Rassismus vor. Der Fall klingt glaubwürdig – und ist doch viel komplizierter.
Poles who planned to blockade parliament to protest against a judicial ruling that amounted to a near-total ban on abortion were kept away from the building by police on Wednesday (18 November), and dispersed around the city centre.
Sorgente: Polish police keep protesters against abortion ruling away from parliament
Tribune. « Infestés par des démons » , « affectivement immatures » , « contre nature » , « pervertis » … Voilà comment nous sommes considérés par ceux qui ont voulu « guérir » notre homosexualité ou notre transidentité, encouragés par une vision obscurantiste de la religion ou par une pratique datée de la psychologie.
Sorgente: Orientation sexuelle et transidentité : il faut « bannir les “thérapies de conversion” en France »
Photo: Depositphotos.com The Dutch government has apologised to hundreds of transgender people who were forced to accept being sterilised and to undergo body modification and take hormones if they wanted to change their gender on official documents.
Sorgente: Government apologises to transgender people forced to accept sterilisation
Peer found to have bullied security guard and three MPs, including using homophobic language A peer who verbally abused a parliamentary security guard and called an MP who complained about it a “queer” is facing suspension from the House of Lords for at least 18 months following a report by a conduct committee.
Sorgente: Lord Maginnis faces 18-month suspension for homophobic bullying
VILNIUS – Lithuanian Roman Catholic Church leaders on Tuesday called on the new government coalition not to equate same-sex unions with families. “It is understandable that legislators are looking for adequate legal protection for other forms of cohabitation.