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

EL*C OPENS AN ONLINE SPACE FOR LESBIANS TO EXCHANGE DURING THE COVID-19 CRISIS Every day from 12-1pm Vienna time (1-2pm 🇷🇺 Moscow time) and 7-8pm Vienna time (8-9pm 🇷🇺 Moscow time)   Many of us lesbians* might be especially affected by self-isolation measures. To help our community stick together, despite the lockdown and across borders, we have decided to open

Throughout history, angry women have been called harpies, bitches, witches, and whores. They’ve been labeled hysterical, crazy, dangerous, delusional, bitter, jealous, irrational, emotional, dramatic, vindictive, petty, hormonal; they’ve been shunned, ignored, drugged, locked up, and killed; kept in line with laws and threats and violence, and with insidious, far-reaching lies about the very nature of what it means to be

  EL*C 2021 conference – local partner application form   >>> Deadline for submitting the application: December 22, 2019 <<<   The European-Central Asian Lesbian* Community (EL*C) is a collective of lesbian, queer, bi and trans women registered as an NGO, which aims to advocate for lesbian rights in Europe and Central Asia. Driven by the objective of increasing visibility

    EL*C has secured a research grant from the German Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth to conduct the study entitled: “The State of lesbian organizing and the lived realities of lesbians in the EU and the accession countries”. This pioneer research project is funded ahead of the international conference on the topic “Lesbian (In-)Visibility