The United Kingdom moves towards a ban on "conversion therapy"
Author: Jade MacEwan Photo source Unsplash In the Opening of Parliament on 11 May 2021, Queen Elizabeth II promised that a ban on so-called “conversion therapy”,...
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...
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...
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...