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LINKS -> EL*C #3 CONFERENCE, Budapest, 29 SEPT-1 OCT, 2022!

EL*C #3 CONFERENCE, Budapest, 29 SEPT-1 OCT, 2022 “LESBIAN RESISTANCE: one lesbian is a blessing, hundreds coming together are a revolution!” Registration, scholarships and workshops here     We are beyond thrilled to go out with our *save the date* for our third international lesbian conference, which will take place in BUDAPEST (Hungary) between 29 Sept-1 Oct, 2022. For our

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EL*C IS RECRUITING A RESEARCHER

EL*C is launching a call for tender to recruit a consultant (or a company) performing research on the needs and lived experiences of older lesbians and on the intersection between gender, sexual orientation and old age. Before applying, please read carefully the call for tender that can be downloaded below. We are looking for candidates with: > Demonstrated experience in

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Urvashi Vaid – If you leave me… I’m coming too!

It was a running joke with my partner Kate Clinton; she would open a paper and say: “Oh yes, no woman died today” – Urvashi Vaid   Urvashi Vaid passed away Saturday May 14th. She was one of the brightest human right activists in the US, known for her extensive career as an advocate for LGBTQ rights, women’s rights, anti-war

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New!!!! EL*C is still RECRUITING A MEDIA, JOURNALISM AND COMMUNICATIONS L*GENIUS

Job title: Media, Journalism and Communications L*Genius Contract duration: long term with trial period Yearly salary: from 48.000,00 to 69.000 EUR (Gross II) Working hours: full time Based in: Europe or Central Asia Work space: remote (all EL*C staff work remotely)  Deadline for application: May 15th 2022 EL*C Presentation: The EL*C – EuroCentralAsian Lesbian* Community is a non-governmental organisation, representing

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Ukranian refugees an interview with Alice Coffin

(Video with English subtitles) On March 19, BFM TV, France’s first information TV channel, interviewed Alice Coffin on EL*C‘s actions at the Polish border to help lesbian refugees. Alice talked about our actions and what Insight LGBTQ NGO with Olena Shevchenko are doing in their LGBT shelter in Lviv. On the pictures displayed on the TV piece: Helena Vukovic, Dragana

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The habit of resistance

Originally publish by LOUIMEDIA in French on March 12th 2022   By Evgenia Giakoumopoulou (1) First minutes of “calm” in days, the opportunity to finally write a few lines. This calm is the slow wait at the Polish-Ukrainian border crossing to deliver basic necessities to Lviv, a city in the west of the country where Ukrainians fleeing the fighting are

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WE NEED YOUR HELP TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY IN UKRAINE

PLEASE DONATE: WE NEED YOUR HELP TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY IN UKRAINE, AT THE BORDERS AND BEYOND – NO CONTRIBUTION IS TOO SMALL! EL*C is operating at the borders with Ukraine providing emergency support and housing, supplying essential goods and services, but also ensuring long-term solutions for refugees through our lesbian hosting network, as well as organising humanitarian aid for

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A BITTER PILL TO SWALLOW: GAPS AND DISCRIMINATIONS IN HEALTHCARE FOR LESBIANS

EL*C has always put great attention in highlighting the issues faced by lesbians in healthcare. Healthcare systems that take into account and respond to lesbians’ needs is one of EL*C strongest demand. The present report is a summary of the findings, data and information that we were able to collect in these years of work and collaboration with researchers, activists,

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EL*C IS RECRUITING a Finance and Administration Manager

Job title: Finance and Administration Manager  Contract duration: 1 year contract (with the possibility of extension) Yearly salary: 48.000,00 EUR (Gross II) Working hours: full time (40 hours a week)  Based in: Europe or Central Asia Work space: remote (all EL*C staff work remotely)  EL*C Presentation: The EL*C – EuroCentralAsian Lesbian* Community is a non-governmental organisation, representing the needs of

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EL*C IS RECRUITING: a Media, Journalism and Communications Dykerector

Job title: Media, Journalism and Communications Dykerector  Contract duration: 1 year contract  (with the possibility of extension) Yearly salary: from 48.000,00 to 66.000 EUR (Gross II) Working hours: full time (40 hours a week)  Based in: Europe or Central Asia Work space: remote (all EL*C staff work remotely)  EL*C Presentation: The EL*C – EuroCentralAsian Lesbian* Community is a non-governmental organisation,

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EL*C BREAKS THE SILENCE ON LESBOPHOBIA AS AN INTERSECTIONAL FORM OF VIOLENCE

In the current rise of far right discourses, nationalism and anti-gender movements, lesbophobia is present now more than ever but it remains a phenomenon misunderstood, underestimated and often not even nominated. For this reason, in the past months, EL*C has taken action, collecting cases and data from all over Europe and Central Asia, consulting with all its members’ organisations and

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The first Lesbiennale will be held from 8 to 10 October in Brussels

Brussels, World Capital of Lesbian Art The first Lesbiennale will be held from 8 to 10 October in Brussels.  The Lesbiennale – a contraction of the words ‘lesbian’ and ‘biennial’ (biennial contemporary art exhibition) – will showcase the works of some 220 artists in major venues in the Belgian capital, which has been renamed the ‘World Capital of Lesbian Art’

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PRESS COVERAGE

The Eurocentralasian Lesbian* Community – EL*C is a lesbian feminist and intersectional network. The EL*C started out of a self-organised space three years ago.

SUPPORT THE LESBIAN REVOLUTION!
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The Eurocentralasian Lesbian* Community – EL*C is a lesbian feminist and intersectional network. The EL*C started out of a self-organised space three years ago.

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