The attack on human rights defenders highlights growing threats against LGBTI and feminist activists in Ukraine amid legislative protests. On May 11, 2026, in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, EL*C Co-Chair Olena Shevchenko
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She was convicted before the trial began. She was convicted for being a lesbian. The case of Dolores Vázquez: how Spain imprisoned an innocent lesbian using prejudice as evidence –
We are happy to invite you to our upcoming online training focused on social enterprise business model as a strategy for financial sustainability. In a context where funding opportunities are increasingly limited, developing alternative
A deeply concerning case of alleged police misconduct has come to light in Chișinău, Moldova, revealing what appears to be another alarming incident of state-level intimidation against a lesbian woman.
La Tortiteca, a migrant-led lesbian dykebrary based in Barcelona, confronted the erasure of lesbian resistance histories amid rising far-right threats across Europe. Their Fight Like a Dyke project surveyed past advocacy strategies
VULGAR, a Bucharest-based queer feminist organisation, confronted the hidden traumas sapphics face in Romania’s healthcare system amid rising far-right threats. Their project “Advocating for systematic change to improve services for lesbians” bridged gaps between
Romnja Feminist Library, a transnational platform led by Romani lesbians in Bucharest, addressed the double erasure of Romani lesbians from both mainstream LGBTQ+ spaces and Roma advocacy. Their “Where We Belong:
Luki Massa tackled a tough truth: lesbians facing disability, neurodivergence, poverty, migration or fatphobia are routinely sidelined even within queer cultural spaces. Their project made intersectional accessibility a political priority
DAWA 2.0, a Brussels-based non-profit championing queer and racialised women artists, transformed artistic creation into political resistance against lesbian erasure in performing arts. Their “Caillasses Live” project mobilised an album through slams, podcasts,
