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Union of Equality: The Commission presents its first-ever strategy on LGBTIQ equality in the EU

The European Commission presented today the first-ever EU Strategy for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, non-binary, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) equality, as announced by President von der Leyen in her 2020 State of the Union Address.

Brazil: National LGBTI Institutions Repudiate Brazil's Omission in Signing the LGBTI + Action Plan in Mercosur

The institutions that collectively sign this note come to the public to call the attention of the Brazilian LGBTI + population, as well as researchers, allies, legislators and members of the judiciary, executive and other areas of defense of human rights that BRAZIL REFUSED USE OF THE TERMS GENERAL IDENTITY, EXPRESSION OF GENDER AND HATE CRIMES against the LGBTI + population in the work plan discussed at a meeting at the Permanent Commission for LGBTI People with the highest human rights authorities in MERCOSUR diverging from countries such as Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay on the theme.

Italy: Why Italy needs a law on homotransphobia

The Zan law proposes to insert sexual orientation and gender identity within the current legal framework on crimes and hate speech, intervening on the penal code. History of a 25-year debateThe Zan law proposes to insert sexual orientation and gender identity within the current legal framework on crimes and hate speech, intervening on the penal code. History of a 25-year debate

Italy Towards Its First Law On Hate Crimes Against LGBT People

A law punishing discrimination and hate crimes against LGBT+ individuals may soon be approved in Italy. The law, written by MP and activist Alessandro Zan, member of the Democratic Party in Italy, brings together five draft laws sketched over the years, and also includes the crime of misogyny, or hatred against women.

Russia: Criminal Activity of the Ultra-Right. Hate Crimes and Counteraction to Them

This report by SOVA Center is focused on the phenomenon of hate crimes, i.e. on ordinary criminal offenses that were committed on the grounds of ethnic, religious or similar hostility or prejudice, and on the state’s counteraction to such crimes.

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Annual Review of the situation of LGBTI people paints a picture at odds with a widespread notion that in Europe the work is done

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Amid rising hate speech and crime, vulnerable people across Europe find themselves disconnected from the popular story of the region’s success in securing LGBTI rights, major human rights review finds.