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MEPs welcome new gender change law in Portugal; concerned about Lithuania
Members of the European Parliament have reacted to recent developments in national laws affecting transgender people. While Portugal adopted a very progressive new law, Lithuanian MPs seek to forbid performing gender reassignment procedures.
Tags: lithuania portugal transgenderPosted in: Press releases, Recent news on March 21st, 2011
European Parliament: Situation of lesbian, bisexual and transgender women deserves specific attention
In its just-adopted 2010 report on equality between women and men in the European Union, the European Parliament said the situation of lesbian and bisexual women, as well as that of transgender people, deserves specific attention.
Tags: transgender women's rightsPosted in: Parliamentary work, Recent news on March 8th, 2011
Parliamentary question to the Commission: Support to promote equality for transgender people
Today ten Members of the European Parliament asked the European Commission whether it planned to provide funding specifically to transgender organisations working in the EU, as well as at the national level in Member States.
Tags: european commission transgenderPosted in: Parliamentary work, Recent news on March 4th, 2011
Response to the parliamentary question on the depathologisation of gender identity disorder
European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection John Dalli answered a parliamentary question on the depathologisation of gender identity disorder: The Commission refers the Honourable Members to its answer to written question P‑2625/10, in which the Commission explained the ongoing …
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Posted in: Parliamentary work, Recent news on January 21st, 2011
European Parliament calls for protection of LGBT people’s human rights worldwide
Today the European Parliament voted its annual report on human rights in the world. The report pays particular attention to human rights violations on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity, and calls for increased efforts to combat the violence …
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Posted in: Press releases, Recent news on December 16th, 2010
Podcast: Legal report on homophobia and transphobia
A special episode this month: we’re with Morten Kjaerum, Director of the European Union’s Fundamental Rights Agency, and Evelyne Paradis, Executive Director of ILGA-Europe. Together we’re discussing a brand new legal report published today: Homophobia, transphobia and discrimination on grounds …
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Posted in: Podcast, Recent news on November 30th, 2010
New legal report on homophobia and transphobia in the EU
Today the European Union’s Fundamental Rights Agency released an updated EU-wide legal analysis: Homophobia, transphobia and discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity. The Parliament had previously asked the Agency to analyse the legal situation for lesbian, gay, …
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Posted in: Press releases, Recent news on November 30th, 2010
Parliamentary question to the Commission: Depathologisation of gender identity disorder
On the occasion of the International Day for Depathologisation of Trans Identities on the 23rd October 2010, the Intergroup on LGBT Rights has asked the European Commission what it would do to depathologise gender identity disorder.
Tags: european commission transgenderPosted in: Parliamentary work, Recent news on October 23rd, 2010
Podcast: Transgender rights
For the October edition of the podcast, we’re welcoming Raül Romeva i Rueda and Marije Cornelissen, two Green MEPs involved in the mainstreaming of transgender rights into the work of the European Parliament.
Tags: transgenderPosted in: Podcast, Recent news on October 14th, 2010
New EU gender equality strategy looks into transgender people’s rights
Yesterday European Commissioner for Fundamental Rights Viviane Reding presented the 2010-2015 Strategy for equality between women and men in the European Union. The European Parliament’s Intergroup on LGBT Rights welcomes the inclusion of gender identity in EU gender equality efforts.
Tags: european commission transgenderPosted in: Press releases, Recent news on September 22nd, 2010
2010 The European Parliament's Intergroup on LGBT Rights