Combatting discrimination outside employment. 

This ILGA-Europe’s policy paper argues that there is a clear need for the European Union to move quickly to complement the measures introduced in the area of employment with further legislation designed to prohibit discrimination in other spheres of life such as healthcare, education and housing.

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Did you know that acceptance of LGBTI people is stronger than ever across the EU?

Published last month, the latest Eurobarometer report, charting public opinion in the European Union, shows acceptance of LGBTI people is clearly on the rise across […]
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Report

Intersections: The LGBTI II Survey – Homelessness Analysis

Disaggregated data, which can look deeply into the lived experiences of marginalised people, is a key demand of LGBTI and other human rights groups. With […]
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News

Call for project proposals: Addressing LGBTI homelessness in the EU

Why we are launching this programme In 2020, the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) released a survey that estimates that one in five members of the […]
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The Frontline: The World Cup Rainbow Divide

The big story at the beginning of the World Cup 2022 centred on FIFA banning all players on European teams from wearing the ‘One Love’ […]
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#BiVisibilityDay 2022: Discrimination and bi people at the intersections

In our analysis of the data from the largest LGBTI survey carried in Europe, we’ve found that bi people, particularly those with intersecting identities, experience discrimination in large numbers.
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Sexual orientation is not a reason to terminate a contract with a self-employed worker, says Advocate General of the CJEU

Today, the Advocate General of the CJEU has issued an opinion in the case of J.K. vs the Polish public broadcaster company TP, stating that discrimination based on sexual orientation in employment is not acceptable under EU law.
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Polish public broadcaster TP in EU Court for Discrimination Against Self-employed LGBTI Person

Today, the case of J.K. vs the Polish public broadcasting company TP, in which the applicant is seeking compensation for the discontinuation of his freelance […]
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Alarming new research shows how LGBTI people are affected every day by inequality

Recent data shows that LGBTI young people perceive the labour market with fear and that most of LGBTI youth living with their families have experienced violence in different parts of Europe. These are among the alarming facts related to the impact of inequality and oppression in LGBTI communities, as identified through ILGA-Europe’s No One Left Behind initiative.
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Report

LBTI women in sport: violence, discrimination, and lived experiences

In March 2021, a coalition of European networks working on LGBTI rights and including ILGA-Europe, EL*C, TGEU, OII Europe and EGLSF submitted to the Parliamentary […]
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Press Release

With today’s infringements the EU has clarified that member states can no longer act against human rights with impunity

According to ILGA-Europe, the infringement procedures announced by the European Commission today show that the EU has come to a tipping point; after years of […]
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Podcast

The frontline: Confronting LGBTI Youth Homelessness

Our 2021 report, in association with Cyndi Lauper’s LGBTIQ Youth Homelessness organisation True Colors United, and the Silberman Centre for Sexuality and Gender (SCSG) at […]
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Press Release

Survey finds that LGBTIQ organisations and homeless services across Europe are dealing with large numbers of LGBTIQ youth homelessness

A survey of 71 organisations across 32 European countries finds that over 60% have worked with LGBTIQ youth experiencing homelessness, while homeless services lack the […]
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Report

Perceptions: Addressing LGBTI Youth Homelessness in Europe and Central Asia

In April 2021, ILGA-Europe in association with the LGBTIQ Youth Homelessness organisation True Colors United, and the Silberman Center for Sexuality and Gender (SCSG) at Hunter College published a report based on […]
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ILGA-Europe is alarmed by Hungarian Parliament’s moves to abolish the national Equal Treatment Authority

Today, Tuesday 10th November 2020 the Justice Committee of the Hungarian Parliament tabled a bill that would abolish the Equal Treatment Authority (ETA), Hungary's most important equality body set up in 2005. 
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Press Release

Poland is violating the fundamental rights of EU citizens and blatantly disregarding EU treaties and standards

The European Commission and member states are duty bound to hold Poland accountable to EU Treaties, asserts ILGA-Europe, alongside two Polish equality organisations, in a legal complaint citing the violation of fundamental rights of the EU by inciting hatred and discrimination against LGBTI people.
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News

Major survey on LGBTIQ youth homelessness in Europe launched

A new survey aims to guage the experiences of European and Central Asian groups and organisations when it comes to LGBTIQ youth homelessness.
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ILGA-Europe and ERA joint statement on the Decision of the Constitutional Court of North Macedonia to repeal the Law on Prevention of and Protection against Discrimination

It is with great disappointment that ILGA-Europe and ERA received the news of the decision of the Constitutional Court of North Macedonia to repeal the Law on Prevention of and Protection against Discrimination on 14th May 2020.
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Voices of ILGA-Europe: Meet Italian legal eagle, Emiliano Ganzarolli

The Court of Justice of the European Union has just made a landmark decision, saying that a lawyer who declared that he would never hire a “homosexual” person in his law firm was discriminating under an EU employment directive. Meet activist Emiliano Ganzarolli, from the powerhouse group of LGBT lawyers who took the case.
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News

Joint Statement: Democracy under attack

Fourteen civil society organisations -including ILGA-Europe- have written to the European Union and European governments to respond to the threat to our democracies in Europe. […]
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Campaign

Health4LGBTI: Reducing health inequalities experienced by LGBTI people

Health4LGBTI is an EU funded pilot project aiming at reducing health inequalities experienced by LGBTI people. It has been implemented between March 2016 and March […]
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Case Law

Solmaz v. Turkey

Discrimination on the ground of gender identity
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Case Law

DK v. Croatia

Ill-treatment by police officers
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Policy Paper

ILGA-Europe’s key demands for ensuring the enjoyment of the right to health and access to health without discrimination

Position on the right to the highest attainable standard of health of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) people ILGA-Europe advocates for policies and […]
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Campaign

Equality for All

The proposed Directive, if adopted, will extend the protection from discrimination on the grounds of religion or belief, disability, age, or sexual orientation to the […]
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Case Law

Association Accept and Others v Romania

Rights to freedom of association, privacy and freedom from discrimination (Application no. 48301/08), November 2013 Find Court’s decision here. (Inadmissibility) This present case arises from the […]
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Case Law

Ladele and McFarlane v. UK

Refusal to provide services
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Policy Paper

Report on gender discrimination in education and financial services

Joint contribution by ILGA-Europe, Transgender Europe and OII-Germany towards the European Commission’s assessment of the state of affairs vis-à-vis gender discrimination in education and the […]
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Case Law

M.W. v. United Kingdom

Social security rights
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Report

Forced Out: LGBT People in Georgia

This joint ILGA-Europe and COC report is the first of its kind to be published about same-sex relationships and LGBT people in Georgia. It explores identities, […]
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Report

Forced Out: LGBT People in Azerbaijan

This joint ILGA-Europe and COC report is the first of its kind to be published about same-sex relationships and LGBT people in Azerbaijan. It explores […]
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