In March 2021, a coalition of European networks working on LGBTI rights and including ILGA- Europe, EL*C, TGEU, OII Europe and EGLSF submitted to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe a briefing note on violence and discrimination against LBTI women in sport. The PACE has drawn attention to gender-based violence and discrimination in sports for many years and

JOB DESCRIPTIONS – Advocacy and Research Manager  Job title: Advocacy and Research Manager Contract duration: permanent-unlimited Monthly salary: 2.000,00 EUR (Gross II) Working hours: half time (20 hours a week) Location: Europe or Central Asia   EL*C Presentation: The EL*C – EuroCentralAsian Lesbian* Community is a non-governmental organisation, representing the needs of lesbian, queer, bi and trans women and of

In March 2020, in a context of insecurity and fear linked to the COVID-19 pandemic spreading globally including in Europe and Central Asia, EL*C decided to react by organising an online space for lesbians to exchange information on the ongoing situation and its many repercussions. This online space, coined ‘LLL – Locked-down Lesbians Listening’, was open seven days per week

Translation of the Article in L’Obs and AFP, Published on 28 May 2021. On Friday 28 May, the Paris Criminal Court sentenced a man to 14 years in prison for “rape on the grounds of sexual orientation” of a lesbian woman.   In March 2020, Jeanne’s attacker (whose name was changed at her request) was sentenced to 15 years by

By Manon Fontaine for the EL*C The day before Lesbian Visibility Day 26 April marked the success of a spectacular Dyke March in the French capital, Paris. 41 years after the first French lesbian march, the organisers of Lesbian Collages successfully brought together 10,000 lesbians in the streets of Paris to support the right to Assisted reproductive technology (“ART”) for

Exclusive for lesbian visibility week: 12 lesbian politicians speak their truth !! They are out, they are visible, they have been in politics for 30 years or just one year, and they told EL*C in very special videos how, as lesbian politicians, they are game changers.   Ahead of April 26,  Lesbian Visibility Day, EL*C is promoting a lesbian visibility

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This call is available in Russian – French – Italian – Spanish – Serbian below In the current crisis caused by the COVID-19, lesbian communities find themselves in particularly precarious situations. EL*C is constantly 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

  Lesbians face violence and discrimination based on multiple factors, because they are or are perceived as women and because they are or are perceived as non-heterosexual. We use the term lesbophobia precisely to indicate this peculiar form of bias at the intersection between misogyny, sexism and homophobia. Gender is a fundamental element of the lived realities of lesbians, yet it

  The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has been drawing attention to gender-based violence and discrimination for many years. The Assembly is now working on a report titled “The fight for a level playing field – ending discrimination against women in the world of sport” (https://pace.coe.int/en/files/28232), which will result in a resolution to be adopted by the Assembly

  CALL FOR PARTICIPATION-LESBIAN SURVEY!! EL*C launches an European and Central Asian survey on the impact of Covid-19 on lesbians (individuals and groups) Help us get thousands of answers from lesbian groups & individuals! Since March 2020, EL*C has been trying to collect testimonies and fight the impacts of Covid-19 on lesbians. They are huge and we felt the need

K​EYNOTE​ BY JOELLE SAMBI NZEBA B​ERLIN​ ​CONFERENCE ON​ N​OVEMBER​ 18​TH​ “I​NTERSECTIONALITY​ ​AND​ LESBIAN​* V​ISIBILITY” All the stories resounded continuously beyond the city. All the stories of the past were gently pulsing in the air like the music of the wind between the leaves of the trees.Here, dykes had chosen to make this country the opposite of a nation : no