Yesterday the President of the European Parliament and dozens of Members gathered in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people’s rights. MEPs reiterated their commitment to mark the middle of the current mandate.

January 2012 marks the mid-term of the current European Parliament and that is why ILGA-Europe is revisiting Be Bothered! campaign by organising the Be Bothered! event at the European Parliament on 24 & 25 January 2012 for the Members of the European Parliament. See what you can do to get your Members of the European Parliament to Be Bothered about equality and human rights.

The Swedish government decided not to remove compulsory sterilisation requirement for trans people. Read below the joint letter by ILGA-Europe and Transgender Europe to the Swedish Prime Minister.

The EU has thrown in the towel about protecting discriminated groups, including lesbian, gay and bisexual people, persons with disabilities, religious minorities, youth and older people. A coalition of European equality and anti-discrimination NGOs [1] now calls on the European Commission and the Danish Presidency of the EU to urgently take up this issue.

ILGA-Europe wishes you all the best for 2012!