Members of the Canadian House of Commons and Senate have come together to form a parliamentary LGBT+ caucus in the federal parliament, in news welcomed by the Global Equality Caucus.
Read More
María Revelo-Imery interviews Guatemalan legislator Aldo Dávila to discuss social activism and resistance against political persecution, a life’s work that has seen him go from marching in the streets of Guatemala City to representing minority communities in Congress.
Read More
In this first spotlight interview, Deputy Director Aron le Fèvre sits down with Danish legislator Uffe Elbæk to discuss his life as an LGBT+ politician fighting for inclusive reform in Denmark.
Read More
Senators in Mexico have given their approval to a draft bill that proposes banning LGBT+ ‘conversion therapy’ nationwide, with a vote brought to the chamber four years after the legislation was first proposed.
Read More
In news welcomed by the Global Equality Caucus, a bi-partisan group of 21 legislators in the Hungarian Parliament have established a national parliamentary caucus dedicated to the inclusion of LGBT+ people.
Read More
Convened by our Chair Lord Herbert to discuss the work of the private sector on LGBT+ issues, guests also heard from the UN Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield.
Read More
Elections in Brazil have returned 20 out-LGBT+ candidates across all levels of government, news welcomed by the Global Equality Caucus as a significant milestone for LGBT+ representation in the country.
Read More
The handbook, officially launched at an event in Belgrade, proposes a menu of policy options for legislators to take forward in their parliaments and in their representations to governments.
Read MoreEuroPride took place in Belgrade 12-18 September, amidst a political climate that saw anti-Pride demonstrations and an attempt by authorities to cancel the parade. We were there to march with legislators, highlight their work at the human rights conference, and to launch our new HIV Prevention Handbook.
Read More
To coincide with the publication of our new report on HIV criminalisation, GEC held a launch event in Buenos Aires convening legislators and civil society experts ahead of the Equal Rights Coalition.
Read More
The ERC convened this month in Argentina from 8-9 September, where government officials, activists, and - supported by GEC - legislators came together to assess progress in Member States and formulate a work agenda for the next term.
Read More
The Global Equality Caucus has today published a new report, Decriminalising HIV: Strategies and best practice for legislators, which examines how elected representatives can address and reform laws that unfairly criminalise HIV transmission, non-disclosure and exposure.
Read More
Since our last update on our Ban Conversion Therapy Now! campaign we have seen encouraging progress in several jurisdictions, with new laws, draft proposals, and encouraging statements from governments.
Read More
The Parliamentary Platform for the rights of LGBTI people in Europe brings together MPs from the national delegations to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, observers and partners for democracy.
Read More
Representatives from the Global Equality Caucus were in Montevideo this month with regional stakeholders to meet with government officials and legislators to talk about LGBT+ priorities for Uruguay and the wider region, following the second part of our Latin America launch in Buenos Aires in May.
Read More
The Global Equality Caucus welcomes a new briefing from the European Parliament’s Intergroup on LGBTI Rights, which outlines different laws that prohibit ‘conversion therapy’ in EU Member States.
Read More
To coincide with IDAHOBIT and the 10 year anniversary of Argentina’s gender identity law, on 16-17 May the Global Equality Caucus completed its launch in Latin America with an event in Buenos Aires.
Read More
On 1-2 April, the Global Equality Caucus launched in Latin America at an event in Mexico City, which brought together legislators, LGBT+ officials, activists and human rights champions from across Central America and the Caribbean.
Read More
Following the withdrawal of support from UK civil society and business, the UK Government has cancelled the Safe To Be Me LGBT rights conference, which had been scheduled to take place 29 June – 1 July 2022.
Read More
The Global Equality Caucus is deeply alarmed by the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, in violation of international law and human rights standards. We condemn the violence that is happening across the country.
Read More