The European Union takes a major step for the rights of lesbians and LGBTIQ people with its first LGBTIQ Strategy Today is an historical moment for the rights of LGBTIQ persons in Europe, and beyond. For the very first time, the European Union launches an LGBTIQ Strategy for 2020-2025. And, the very good news is: lesbians were not overlooked.

More then 10 Italian lesbian groups and more then 100 lesbians*, together with numerous allies from the feminism and lgbt movements, have signed a document denouncing the lesbophobic murder of Elisa Pomarelli.   On 24 August 2019 Elisa Pomarelli was killed by Massimo Sebastiani because she was a lesbian and dared to refuse the advances of a man she believed

During three months, from March to July 2020, 12 online meetings for Russian speaking Lesbians* dedicated to mental health issues were held with the support of FundAction and EL*C. Over 100 participants attended.      The context Mental health issues (depression, anxiety disorder, bipolar disorder, etc.) are always a particularly sensitive topic. Especially if we are talking about minorities, in

      EL*C Press review 2020 KAZAKHSTAN Novostan.org: «К феминисткам у нас относятся хуже, чем к ворам и насильникам»: Гражданские активисты об уяте Правозащитница, ЛГБТ-активист, пансексуалка и феминистки (Translation available in French and German) FRANCE Radio Campus Paris: Chronique de Joëlle Sambi Nzeba, présidente d’EL*C dans “Le Lobby” Jeanne Magazine: Conférences Lesbiennes. Rencontre avec Leila Lohman. Ajlgbt.info: Dragana Todorovic: “Quand

Magdalena Swider is the Program coordinator of KPH (Kampania Przeciw Homofobii /Campaign Against Homophobia), leading polish LGBT NGO. We wanted to interview this queer activist and specialist of hate crimes, because for months now, LGBT people have been the target of hate speeches from Andrzej Duda, former president now running for reelection in Poland. So  Alice Coffin, journalist and team

Russian journalist and out lesbian, Elena Dogadina writes about her orientation and LGBTI issues. She covers violence and discrimination in her country. Editor, trainer and human rights defender Temur Kobalia is the founder of NCO TV Russia and the Volgograd Human Rights Council. In the framework of a press tour organised by the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), the

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 has been 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 through, both in their activist work and

Milena Marković, a nurse in a centre dedicated to the fight against the disease, and Dragana Todorović, co-executive director for development of the Eurocentralasian Lesbian* Community (EL*C), join us in reviewing the situation of lesbians in their country and in the region, and address the difficulties they face during this pandemic . (This interview was first published by the French

    Dear Commissioner Dalli, We are writing to you in our capacity as Co-Chairs of the EuroCentralAsian Lesbian* Community (EL*C) on the occasion of the International Lesbian Visibility Day on the 26th of April. EL*C is a feminist network of lesbian organisations and lesbian, bisexual and trans women, non-binary and intersex persons from over 50 countries of Europe and

Lesbian Visibility Day is around the corner and to mark this important occasion, the Eurocentralasian Lesbian* Community is co-organising a special online conference: “EU and Lesbians: A Critical Time to Connect” together with the European Parliament’s Intergroup on LGBTI Rights. This exciting event brings together MEPs, civil society, national representatives and European Commission staff to discuss lesbian needs in the EU and