Switzerland Approves a Marriage Equality Bill
Author: Jade MacEwan Photo source Unsplash After working on a marriage equality bill for the past seven years, Switzerland has finally brought the legalisation of marriage...
The Hungarian Government Proposes a Ban on Adoption by Same-Sex Couples
Author: Jade MacEwanPhoto by Andrew Kondrakov on Unsplash The government of Hungary has recently proposed an amendment to the constitution to ban adoption by same-sex...
Protests Against the New Anti-Abortion Ruling in Poland
Author: Jade MacEwan Photo by Zuza Gałczyńska on Unsplash On 22 October, Poland’s Constitutional Court ruled that abortion would be banned in the case of...
Situation of LGBT+ people in Poland, October 2020
Author: Jade MacEwan Fifty ambassadors from various countries around the globe, as well as representatives of international organisations, recently signed a letter expressing their support...
CfA: Feminist perspectives in political sciences in Central and Eastern Europe
This post originally appeared here: http://www.politickevedy.fpvmv.umb.sk/ CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: Feminist perspectives in political sciences in Central and Eastern Europe The journal Political Sciences announces a...
Can The EU Protect Human Rights and Democratic Values in its Member States by Means of Financial Sanctions?
Author: Jade MacEwan The European Union’s Equality Commissioner, Helena Dalli, announced on 28 July that six Polish cities had been refused grants under a twinning...
Could Thailand Become The Second Country in South-East Asia to Legalise Same-Sex Unions?
Author: Jade MacEwan On the 8th of July, the Thai Cabinet approved a bill which would allow same-sex couples in Thailand to enter into civil...
Montenegro Votes to Approve Civil Partnerships
Autor: Jade MacEwan Montenegro passed a bill on the 2nd of July to legalise civil partnerships, becoming both the first country in the Balkans to...
Same-Sex Marriage Moves Closer to Becoming Reality in Switzerland
Autor: Jade MacEwan On the 11th of June, the lower house of the Swiss Parliament, the National Council, voted to approve draft legislation for same-sex...
Homophobic viral video in Russia
Autor: Jade MacEwan You will not find any reference to the original video within this article due to the fact that it embodies hate speech....
Putin aims to constitutionally ban same-sex marriage in Russia
Autor: Jade MacEwan Photo: Queer Geography archive Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, intends to ask the Russian people to vote for same-sex marriage...
Could Same-Sex Marriage Become a Reality in China?
Autor: Jade MacEwan Photo: Jay on Unsplash In only August of last year, after facing pressure to follow Taiwan’s lead in introducing marriage equality, Chinese government...
(CFP) Mapping Desire – 25 years on: legacies, lessons, and lacunae
CFP: Conference of Irish Geographers (pre-conference symposium and conference 20-23rd May 2020, Dublin Ireland) and Royal Geographical Society/Institute of British Geographers (1st September-4th September 2020 London, England). The year 2020...
The EU Parliament Adopts a Motion to Protect LGBTI Rights
by Jade MacEwan On 18 December, the European Parliament passed its first motion on public discrimination and hate speech against LGBTI people, including notoriously known...