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17 May 2013
Foreign Office: LGBT rights is at the heart of our foreign policy + On International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, PinkNews.co.uk spoke to the Deputy Head of the British Mission in Croatia about the importance of LGBT rights in the Foreign Office's work abroad.
17 May 2013
EU study finds one in two LGBT people face discrimination 3 Today the EU Fundamental Rights Agency will publish the first-ever comparative study on the experience of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the 27 Member States and Croatia.
14 May 2013
Ukraine: Parliament drops gay anti-discrimination bill as hundreds protest against it 6 A bill to protect gay Ukrainian workers from discrimination based on their sexual orientation has been dropped by the country's parliament, as hundreds of anti-gay protesters gathered to demonstrate against it.
6 May 2013
Tory MPs urge David Cameron to scrap equal marriage bill over UKIP threat 84 David Cameron, has been urged to scrap the equal marriage bill, in an effort to attempt to win back voters who chose UKIP over his party in last week's local elections.
17 April 2013
European Parliament calls on European Commission to increase efforts against trans discrimination 7 The European Parliament has asked the European Commission to step up its work against discrimination faced by transgender people.
25 March 2013
EU eases restrictions on Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s government 9 Despite its reputation for violating human and LGBT rights, the EU has suspended the majority of its sanctions against Zimbabwe’s government.
15 March 2013
Danish Ministers express disappointment at ‘harmful’ election of Pope Francis, for his views on gay people 27 Ministers in Denmark have dubbed the newly elected Pope Francis "harmful", expressing disappointment that the Vatican did not choose someone more progressive on LGBT and women's rights, but remain hopeful that he may prove them wrong.
9 March 2013
Recommendation to ban porn discovered in upcoming EU report 126 MEPs will vote this week on a report which recommends a ban on all forms of pornography to fight discrimination against women.
13 February 2013
Ukraine promises to ban anti-gay discrimination 6 The Ukrainian foreign minister, Leonid Kozhara, has promised that the country will soon ban all anti-gay discrimination in an interview with a Polish newspaper.
8 February 2013
Comment: Why do Europe and LGBT equality measures cause such splits in mainstream parties? 17 Writing for PinkNews, Chair of LGBT+ Liberal Democrats Adrian Trett says there are political similarities when it comes to arguing the case for equality and the European Union.
30 January 2013
European Union High Representative pushes Russia to drop anti-gay law 12 The High Representative for the European Union has condemned a Russian draft law, which woud make the "promotion" of homosexuality illegal, and urged the country to "protect" the rights of gay people.
30 November 2012
Politicians call on EU to show ‘leadership’ ahead of World AIDS Day + UK MEPs have called on the European Union to intensify efforts to curb the HIV epidemic ahead of Saturday’s World AIDS Day.
27 November 2012
EU officials release survey on discrimination 8 The European Commission has published its latest survey on discrimination in the EU, including on grounds of sexual orientation and for the first time gender identity.
11 October 2012
Gambian president: I’ve ‘cured’ 68 HIV patients 31 Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has once again made outspoken remarks about HIV and is repeating claims that he can treat the virus with herbs.
4 October 2012
Pressure builds on Serbia over gay pride ban 9 The UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has urged the authorities in Serbia to reconsider a ban on this weekend’s gay pride march in Belgrade.
4 October 2012
Labour MEP Michael Cashman to stand down in 2014 13 Michael Cashman, the gay Labour MEP for the West Midlands, has confirmed that he will quit as a member of the European Parliament at the next European Election in 2014.
3 October 2012
Serbia bans gay pride parade, again 8 The Serbian interior ministry has banned a gay pride parade from taking place in the country’s capital Belgrade for the second year running after ultra-nationalists threatened the march and the Serbian Orthodox Church condemned it.
3 October 2012
Russian court backs St Petersburg’s anti-gay law 15 Russia’s Supreme Court has ruled that the country’s second largest city of St Petersburg can continue to enforce its homophobic censorship law.
11 June 2012
European Commission publishes new report on trans and intersex discrimination 13 The European Commission has published a new report into discrimination against transgender and intersex people around the EU.
16 May 2012
Video: EU politicians say ‘It Gets Better’ in 17 languages 29 For the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia 2012, over 50 European politicians and leaders from EU institutions have joined forces to tell LGBT teenagers they are working to make things better.

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