Articles tagged with: LGBTI
EU election candidates who support the bloc’s fundamental values need to speak out on LGBTI rights
06 Mar Opinion
EU election candidates who support the bloc’s fundamental values need to speak out on LGBTI rights
With the public discourse around sexuality and gender ever more hostile, activists are calling on the next parliament to do more to protect LGBTI people.
Here’s how European countries contemplating legal gender recognition can follow Spain’s lead
02 Mar Opinion
Here’s how European countries contemplating legal gender recognition can follow Spain’s lead
Spain is the most recent European country to adopt a self-determination model for legal gender recognition. The legislative process and surrounding conversation were explosive, but a smoother, less harmful path to recognising the right to gender self-determination is possible
Issue 540 | 19 July 2021 Partner Content
19 Jul
Issue 540 | 19 July 2021
The latest edition of The Parliament Magazine is now available to read online for free.
From hands-on commissioner to free-speaking MEP... That's Danuta Hübner
06 Jul
From hands-on commissioner to free-speaking MEP... That's Danuta Hübner
She is one of parliament’s most senior MEPs and, as Martin Banks discovered, Danuta Hübner is not afraid of holding back on even the most sensitive of issues.
Hate Speech: A milestone for the LGBTI community
28 Jun
Hate Speech: A milestone for the LGBTI community
The extension of the list of EU crimes to cover hate speech and hate crimes, including when targeted at LGBTI people, will be one of the most important acts of this legislative term, argues Marc Angel.
Issue 538 | 21 June 2021
18 Jun
Issue 538 | 21 June 2021
The latest edition of The Parliament Magazine is now available to read online for free.
Helena Dalli interview: Striving for a Union of Equality
21 Dec
Helena Dalli interview: Striving for a Union of Equality
After the Coronavirus pandemic exposed many of the inequalities still besetting our world in the twenty-first century, European Commissioner for Equality Helena Dalli tells Lorna Hutchinson it’s time to double down on justice.
Maria Walsh interview: A sense of community
29 Sep
Maria Walsh interview: A sense of community
Like many of Maria Walsh’s class of 2019 colleagues, her route to becoming an MEP was unconventional. She tells Brian Johnson why she believes it’s important to bring other voices to the table.
MEPs stand in rainbow-hued solidarity with Polish LGBTI community
16 Sep
MEPs stand in rainbow-hued solidarity with Polish LGBTI community
The solidarity action in front of the European Parliament on Tuesday comes against a backdrop of mounting pressure on the EU to trigger an unprecedented mechanism against Poland that would effectively suspend its EU membership.
EU defends decision to reject Polish town twinning grant applications after cities declare themselves LGBTI-free zones
31 Jul
EU defends decision to reject Polish town twinning grant applications after cities declare themselves LGBTI-free zones
European equality commissioner, Helena Dalli says EU values and rights ‘must be respected’.