Germany
Euroviews. Conversion therapy bans are a step forward but LGBTIQ acceptance and inclusion holds the key ǀ View
The term “conversion therapy” has been appearing in news headlines increasingly often, most recently when a draft law banning itwas announced in Germany earlier this month by its Minister of Health, Jens Spahn. This is certainly cause for celebration.
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Euroviews. Why stigma is still Europe's biggest barrier to preventing the spread and treatment of HIV ǀ View
Whilst I agree that funding is certainly one of the main foundations needed to implement free access to the HIV-prevention drug, I would argue that this issue is very much engrained in societal attitudes towards gay and bisexual men, as well as broader government policies concerning LGBT rights.
Serbia
Euroviews. Away from the media’s gaze, Ana Brnabić is failing to advocate for LGBT equality in Serbia ǀ View
A picture of the Serbian PM and her Luxembourg counterpart went viral earlier this month. [...] On the surface, the picture should be praised, but digging a little deeper into the LGBT policies of each country, it is little wonder that not all LGBT Serbs are getting out the bunting for Ana Brnabić.
Malta
Euroviews. LGBTIQ+ communities are today valued members of Maltese society ǀ View
Among the LGBTIQ+ community there are persons who are either raising their own children, or who have adopted or fostered children. As a society, we have a responsibility to ensure that these children thrive and reach their full potential, like all other children.
United Kingdom
Euroviews. The rejection of a LGBT asylum seeker’s claim shows a rising intolerance in Brexit Britain ǀ View
The rejection of a LGBT asylum seeker's application by a UK judge because he didn't have a gay "demeanour" is the latest chapter in growing intolerance in Britain, unleashed in part by the Brexit debate.
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What is the approach across Europe to transgender identity?
In many European countries, people who identify as transgender must have a mental health diagnosis to get their official records changed. This, according to Transgender Europe (TGEU), “violates the right of every person to determine their own gender identity.”