The surprising success of a Croatian picture book for children last year showed that there may be more allies of rainbow families in the country than headlines about burnt effigies and unsuccessful foster care applications might suggest. In the latest Voices of ILGA-Europe video, we meet an activist and father on the frontlines for same-sex family rights in his native country.

Raised in a rainbow family, 34-year-old Sanna Marin will lead a five-party coalition headed entirely by women in Finland. Her experience growing up with same-sex parents will shape her tenure as Finland’s youngest Prime Minister ever.

In a decision issued this morning (17 September), the romanian constitutional court has approved a proposal (by 7 votes to 2) to hold a referendum on […]

Custody rights

Do you know when EU citizens started to have the right to free movement across the European Union (EU), i.e. the right to live and […]

On 29 October 2018, the Office of the Ombudsman of the Republic of Latvia issued an opinion calling the Ministry of Justice and the Saeima […]

A referendum in Romania asking voters to restrict the constitutional definition of family has failed to reach the required 30% turnout target. Groups campaigning against […]

In a landmark decision, issued this morning in what has come to be known as ‘the Coman case’, the Court of Justice of the European […]

The Court of Justice of the European Union delivered a judgment today, saying that the definition of ‘spouse’ in EU law on freedom of movement includes same-sex […]

Yesterday, the Mandate, Ethics and Submissions Committee of the Saeima (parliament) of Latvia, rejected a petition for introduction of partnership legislation which would recognise all unmarried couples, including […]

When the Act comes into force, it will remove the need for female couples who have accessed fertility treatments to then go through the adoption […]

A judge at Budapest District Court has ruled that same-sex couples who have married outside Hungary have the right to their union being recognised as […]

The European Parliament today adopted a non-binding resolution, which urges the European Commission and members states to fully implement the Free Movement Directive. On the […]

Same-sex spouses are included in the definition of ‘spouse’, for the purposes of freedom of residence of citizens of the EU and their family members. This […]

In the Orlandi and Others v Italy decision released today, the European Court of Human Rights has condemned Italy for failing to legally protect same-sex couples who married […]