News
22/12/2005
ILGA-Europe's memorandum to Austrian Presidency
On 1 January 2006, Austria takes over the EU Presidency for the next 6 months. Traditionally, ILGA-Europe publishes its memorandum to the EU Presidency highlighting how we see the Presidency should act to advance the issues of equality, non-discrimination and human rights in the EU.
21/12/2005
Latvian President signs homophobic constitutional amendment
Today Vaira Vike-Freiberga, the President of Latvia, made a statement that she is signing a constitutional amendment which defines marriage as a union of a man and a woman. Therefore this legally pointless, discriminatory, homophobic and populist amendment becomes a law from now.
20/12/2005
Landmark transgender case in German Constitutional Court
Today in a unanimous decision the German constitutional Court considerably strengthened the rights of transgender people under German law, particularly the rights of non-operative transsexual people who live in same-gender relationships.
18/12/2005
Call for action to write to the President of Latvia
Latvian LGBT activists launched a petition to the President of Latvia to stop homophobic constitutional amendment. They ask also for your support.
16/12/2005
Lower house approves registered partnerships for same-sex couples
The lower house of the Czech Republic has approved a bill allowing for registered partnerships for homosexual couples. The bill had been rejected on four previous occasions, the last time by just one vote. On Friday all present MPs from the Civic Democrats and Christian Democrats voted against the bill, which must now go before the Civic-Democrat dominated Senate.
