Winds of Change

EL*C EMERGENCY GRANTS FOR LESBIAN GROUPS IN EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA

In the current crisis caused by the COVID-19, lesbian* communities find themselves in particularly precarious situations. EL*C has been in touch with the lesbian* community, lesbian* organizations from Europe and Central Asia, and we are continuously receiving information, learning about what they are currently going through, both in their activist work and their personal lives. 

Tunisia: Analysis report of discrimination cases collected by Anti-Discrimination Points

The purpose of this Analysis Report of the cases of discrimination collected by the Anti-Discrimination Points is to analyse the issue of discrimination in Tunisia using as a database the cases of discrimination collected within the framework of the project “For the Consolidation of the Capacity of Tunisian Civil Society in the Fight Against all Forms of Discrimination ”.

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How to change the law

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Ground-breaking research from the Human Dignity Trust offers a step-by-step analysis of how the reform of discriminatory sexual offence laws has been achieved and identifies how it can be replicated.

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Iraq: Rainbow flag row: Diplomats slammed for deleting LGBTQ+ posts after Iraqi pressure

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Western diplomatic missions in Baghdad have been slammed by the LGBTQ+ community for appearing to bow to Iraqi government and clerical pressure to remove rainbow pride flags flying above their embassies and posts from their social media accounts.

Around the world, tens of thousands of people created a social media storm and have been #BreakingTheSilence on the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia

Because of physical distancing, the Day was greeted with a storm on social media. On Twitter alone, a 24hour- count in the GMT time-zone revealed a stunning 14,000+ tweets and 28,000+ retweets, not to mention Facebook or Instagram! With countless individual and collective expressions of support, online conferences, concerts, cooking classes, drag shows or bingos, there was no limit to what creative activists imagined.