ALBANIA [English] Following a complaint by LGBT rights group Pink Embassy, the Albanian government will remove from the market all anti-LGBT academic books. http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/anti-gay-academic-books-be-banned-albania291212 GERMANY [German] Interview with transman Balian ...
Here’s a little New Year’s greeting for all of you dear activists out there. Let’s make 2013 a memorable year. When watching the video, I should add that TransNewsNet is ...
EUROPEAN UNION [English] On 4 December 2012, a coalition of NGOs issued a call for the “Abolition of Prostitution” in the European Union. Transgender Europe (TGEU) is worried about the ...
DENMARK [Danish] Denmark ponders establishing a service which would help trans children with blocking puberty and counteracting it with hormones. This possible service would accompany trans children. http://www.dr.dk/Nyheder/Indland/2012/11/08/223256.htm EUROPEAN ...
AUSTRIA [German] Peter Traschkowitsch demands the recognition of intersex people: “The topic of intersex faces strong social taboos. Knowledge about intersex is scarce, with the only exception being professional ...
FRANCE [English] The French parliament unanimously adopted new legislation, making sexual harassment a criminal offence. The law also covers moral harassment in the workplace and transphobia. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10823745 [French] A Canadian ...
FRANCE [English] The French Senate has unanimously passed a legal amendment to outlaw transphobia. http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/france-outlaws-transgender-discrimination130712 GERMANY [English] EU Gender Equality Law (seminar for legal practitioners, recommendable for trans activists), Trier, ...
EUROPEAN UNION [English] The European Parliament has recommended that the future EU Special Representative for Human Rights, soon to be appointed, should promote the human rights of LGBT people worldwide. ...
CROATIA Croatia’s successful LGBT pride points to easing in the Balkan states. http://www.edgeboston.com/news/international/news//134049/croatia%E2%80%99s_successful_gay_pride_points_to_easing_in_balkans GERMANY [German] On June 25, candidates for the position of the mayor of Stuttgart, Germany, will publicly ...
GERMANY [German] On April 19 at 6 pm CET there is a presentation at Oldenburg University (Campus Haarentor, A6 1-106) about violence against LGBT people and the consequences for ...
ICELAND [Icelandic] Discrimination case from Iceland. A young trans man was beaten up when he used the men’s room in a Reykjavik pub. When he drove home with a ...
GERMANY [German] The Magnus Hirschfeld Foundation has started supporting LGBT projects, e. g. the exhibition “Trans*_Homo. Of lesbian, trans*, gay and other normalcies”. http://lesben.org/gesellschaft/gesellschaft/stiftungen/11552-bundesstiftung-magnus-hirschfeld-startet-foerdertaetigkeit.html [German] The Green Party invites ...