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Prejudices, stereotypes and hatred affect the full recognition of dignity and freedom of citizens because of their homosexual or bisexual orientation, or because they are transgender. Despite clear EU principles and since 1st December 2009 their clearly binding nature under the Nice Charter, not all Member States ensure the proper implementation of the measures required by the European Union to remove all unlawful distinctions based on sexual orientation. In some cases this social and geographic inequality seems particularly difficult to eradicate. Homophobic attitudes and discrimination manifest themselves in public and in private life: workplace, schools, <br />
within the family, friends, when addressing public authorities, on the political scene. <br />
The project seeks to combat homophobia and transphobia by moving from a general analysis of the fundamental rights as recognized by and within the EU and aims at reaching an increasing awareness among people that European citizenship includes a new dimension for protection of fundamental rights and a push for social inclusion of all individuals. <br />The expected results are represented by the creation of the Lenford Research Centre in Florence (European Research Centre on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity), the website <a href="http://www.equal-jus.eu/" target="_self">www.equal-jus.eu</a>, a newsletter, a freely accessible legal data-base, legal information and dissemination campaigns, the production of scientific publications, transfer of research results according to best practices, training sessions targeting the legal profession as well as in general a positive impact on the index of awareness for LGBT issues in the countries involved in the project.</p><p>
The partners of the project, partly financed by the EU Commission under the Programme “Fundamental Rights and Citizenship 2007-2013″ for a term of eighteen months are the University of Udine – Department of Legal Sciences (Italy) together with Avvocatura per i diritti LGBT (Italy, leading partner), IMED Istituto per il Mediterraneo (Italy), KPH Kampania Przeciw Homofobii (Poland), Réseau d'aide aux victimes d'agression et de discrimination <br />(RAVAD) (France), Lithuanian Gay League (LGL) (Lithuania), SOS - Homophobie (France), Haute Autorité de Lutte contre les Discriminations et pour l‟Égalité (HALDE) (France, Associate partner).</p>

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