The EU's LGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy

International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia

segunda-feira 17 de maio de 2021 12:00 13:00
Europa Experience - David Sassoli Piazza Venezia 6c (Roma)
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Reino Unido

Webinar "The EU's LGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy"

To mark International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT), our panellists will discuss the recent  EU LGBTI+ Equality Strategy and consider how issues such as family rights, freedom of  movement, and asylum may be affected by the UK's withdrawal from the EU and the European Convention on Human Rights.

In November last year, the first-ever EU Strategy for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, non-binary, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) equality was published.

While progress has been made towards LGBTIQ equality over the past years in the EU, discrimination against LGBTIQ people persists with 43% feeling discriminated. The COVID-19 crisis has only exacerbated the situation. The EU Strategy addresses the inequalities and challenges affecting LGBTIQ people, setting out a number of targeted actions, including legal and funding measures, for the next 5 years. The strategy proposes to extend the list of EU crimes to cover hate crime, including homophobic hate speech and hate crime and to bring forward the legislation on the mutual recognition of parenthood in cross border situations, among others. It also ensures that LGBTIQ concerns are well reflected in EU policy-making, so that LGBTIQ+ people, in all their diversity, are safe and have equal opportunities to prosper and fully participate in society.

Sign up for the webinar here:

 Webinar "The EU's LGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy" | Events & Exhibitions | European Parliament Liaison Office in the United Kingdom (europa.eu)

Speakers

Maria Walsh, MEPMaria Walsh, MEP

European Parliament

@MariaWalshEU

John Nicolson MPJohn Nicolson MP

House of Commons

@MrJohnNicolson 

Jonathan Cooper OBE

Jonathan Cooper OBE

International human rights lawyer

Barrister at Doughty Street International

@JonathanCoopr

Lucy Hannah, Moderator

Lucy Hannah, Moderator

Founder, Untold - Write Afghanistan, Commonwealth Writers

Visiting Research Fellow at King’s College, London

@LucyHannah19