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The ILGA-Europe Annual Conference 2025 in Pictures

For four days in Vilnius, our photographer was there to capture every memorable moment of this year’s Annual Conference. Here are the highlights! This October, […]

Rainbow Digest October 2025

The ILGA-Europe Annual Conference 2025 took place in Vilnius with conversations on connection, resilience, and the future of our movement Alongside our local hosts, Lithuanian […]

Resilience, Resistance, and Renewal: Lessons from activists

As LGBTI movements face political backlash, dwindling funds, and burnout, activists and funders from Europe and Africa at the ILGA-Europe conference reflect on what it […]

From Courtrooms to Parliament: Lithuania Faces a Defining Moment for Family Equality

Lithuania is entering a decisive phase in the recognition and protection of diverse families. Following landmark judicial rulings, civil partnership is now firmly on the […]

Political Clarity in Uncertain Times: Facing Forward as a Movement

At the opening panel of the ILGA-Europe Conference, activists and leaders from across Europe explored what it means to stay united, intersectional and hopeful in […]

Joint open letter on new Constitutional amendments adopted in Slovakia

Along with 56 civil society organisations, we have co-signed a joint letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Justice Commissioner Michael McGrath […]

EU publishes new LGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy, but is it fit for purpose?

The second EU LGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy for 2026-2030 was published today, but as Europe’s leading LGBTI organisation welcomes it, the question remains: is this strategy […]

Watershed Moment as Council of Europe Sets First Standard Protecting Intersex Rights

The Council of Europe’s 46 Member States have unanimously adopted the Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on Equal Rights for Intersex […]

Rainbow Digest September 2025

Freedom of assembly on the line in Hungary with new Pride ban On 5 September, authorities in Pécs, Hungary, invoked Section 13/A of the Assembly […]

Our letter to von der Leyen on freedom of assembly in hungary

Last week, on september 23, we sent this letter to President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, alongside Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and […]

Call for participants: UNSTOPPABLE: Pride organisers’ summit

Why we are gathering Pride organisers across Europe and Central Asia have been moving mountains for years – and the future calls for this Pride […]

Black Sex Worker Collective: dismantling housing injustice, racism and whorephobia

In Germany, new research carried out by Black Sex Worker Collective sheds light on how queer identity, migration status, race and sex work intersect to […]

Enes Hocaoğulları defends free expression as trial highlights crackdown on human rights in Turkey

On 8 September, the courtroom in Ankara was filled to capacity. Representatives from civil society, political parties, and parliamentarians came to observe the trial of […]

Joint Statement: Landmark CJEU opinion demands legal gender recognition across EU

A new opinion from Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union says all member states must recognise the lived gender of […]

Joint statement: Kazakhstan must withdraw its plans to adopt anti-LGBTI laws and uphold its human rights commitments

Brussels, 2 September 2025 We, the undersigned human rights organisations, express deep concern over recent developments in Kazakhstan, where authorities have announced further steps toward […]

Rainbow Digest August 2025

Turkey’s war on free expression and the courage of Enes Hocaoğulları Enes Hocaoğulları, 23, a youth delegate to the Council of Europe, was arrested at […]

La Bassa Mar, a rural refuge of queer racialised power

In the Catalonian countryside, a trans-led sanctuary is centering community, healing, and sustainability as acts of resistance. “In most European countryside places, Black and Brown […]

The Democracy Lab: LGBTI movements enhancing democracy

Apply with a project proposal by: Sunday September 28, 2025 (23:59 CEST) Funding period: November 1, 2025 – November 1, 2027 Partner profile: LGBTI organisation […]

Turkey’s war on free expression and the courage of Enes Hocaoğulları

By jailing a youth delegate for speaking at the Council of Europe about police violence, Turkish authorities have shown how far they will go to […]

French Court orders end to mandatory gender titles on train tickets

The ruling follows a CJEU judgment and marks a major step for data protection and gender inclusivity in the EU. France’s Supreme Administrative Court (Conseil […]

No borders, just beats: Temple Of’s sonic rebellion

Built by queer immigrants reclaiming joy and cultural memory, Temple Of is a collective transforming resistance into celebration through sound and care. “We are a […]