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28/04/2008
Comprehensive European study of transgender people's rights and experiences of healthcare is published
ILGA-Europe and TransGender Europe published the first comprehensive report on the experiences of health care by transgender people in European Union. This report is a result of the largest and most comprehensive data collection on transgender people's lived experienced to date.
09/04/2008
“Mr Barroso, be a man of words and deliver on your promise: put an end to hierarchy of anti-discrimination protections in EU!”
Within the next couple of months, the fate of an EU directive protecting against discrimination on the grounds of age, disability, sexual orientation and religion/belief in all areas of life will be decided by the European Commission and the European Council. At the moment, there are signs that this directive will not include sexual orientation, age and religion/belief. ILGA-Europe is calling on everyone to join its campaign to ensure that a comprehensive new EU anti-discrimination directive which protects against discrimination on all grounds and in all areas of life is proposed and adopted.
01/04/2008
European Court of Justice: denying same-sex partners pension rights is unjustifiable direct discrimination
Today the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Luxembourg delivered its judgement in a landmark case on pension rights for registered same-sex partners (case of Tadao Maruko v. Versorgungswerk der deutschen Bühnen).
20/02/2008
Different Families, Same Love - Conference on LGBT families in Europe
On 4-6 March 2008, ILGA-Europe, in partnership with Informational centreLEGEBITRA, a Slovene LGBT organisation, organises a conference on LGBT families in Europe. This conference is a contribution to the current Slovene Presidency of the European Union and aims at drawing attention to the lack of recognition and existing discrimination against LGBT families at European level.
22/01/2008
European Court of Human Rights says lesbian, gay and bisexual individuals are eligible to adopt children
Today the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights delivered its judgement in a case of E.B. v France and said that exclusion of individuals from the application process for adoption of children simply because of their sexual orientation is discriminatory and is in breach of the European Convention of Human Rights.
