Explainer: marriage equality and Northern Ireland

By John O’Doherty, director of the Belfast-based Rainbow Project.
This guest post charts the LGBTI movement in Northern Ireland's campaign for equality.
By John O’Doherty, director of the Belfast-based Rainbow Project.
This guest post charts the LGBTI movement in Northern Ireland's campaign for equality.
Björn van Roozendaal, ILGA-Europe Programmes Director
Political leaders, decision makers and foundations need to hear one clear message: supporting human rights work is now more important than ever. Resources have to increase, not decrease.
By Henning Mikkelsen
“And don’t forget your condoms!” You have heard it forever, and probably practised it quite a bit - European gay and bisexual men are among the most experienced condom users in the world. Indeed, condoms are a blessing, and they have stopped millions of HIV and sexually transmitted infections.
By Drashko Kostovski & Irene Donadio, International Planned Parenthood Federation - European Network (IPPF EN)
By Tony Furlong, METRO Charity
Access to information around our sex lives and sexual health can be thought of in two distinct areas:
By Esther Dixon Williams & Nikos Dedes, European AIDS Treatment Group
By Tawseef Khan, Lawyer and Activist
By Hida Viloria, author and activist
Today is Valentine’s Day, devoted to the celebration of romance and sexual pleasure, but the first thing that comes to mind when I think about it in an intersex context is how much our ability to experience these things has been compromised by prejudiced practices. It helps to realise that we are not alone: humans in power have attempted to limit others’ pleasure for centuries.
By Lisa Power
It's St Valentine's Day, one of the least saintly saint's days in the Christian calendar, when Europeans of all faiths and none struggle out of our winter thermals and into something slinky in hopes of romance.
Katrin Hugendubel, Advocacy Director, ILGA-Europe
Today on St Valentine’s Day we want to talk about love - and we want to talk about healthy and happy sex lives. Today, we are launching the “We Love Sexual Health” campaign., running until Sunday.