lgtbi rights
![ILGA World. Trans Advocacy Week delegates and organizers with UNAIDS Gender Equality, Human Rights and Community Engagement team.](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/taw2023_groupphoto.jpg?itok=N702zY1m&c=2a6dadeabbeb9f2f4e67812d70e4134a)
UN Trans Advocacy Week 2023 concludes after bringing 14 trans activists to the United Nations on the occasion of the Human Rights Council.
![IdemTv. The UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences, Reem Alsalem.](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/reem_alsalem.jpg?itok=kmpwW6b8&c=aa1af50aae30552ff07bc8e11fc0cbc6)
Specifically, the manifesto denounces the statements of Reem Alsalem, Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, who defend the obstruction of the legal recognition of the gender of trans people.
![ILGA World. Map of LGBTI human rights in Europe.](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/rainbow-map-2022.jpg?itok=cE_Z0jov&c=05b1c6004f6408304f5315f0e7cff6cf)
The war in Ukraine has led some LGBTI rights activists to expand their scope of action, but the historic tug-of-war over the visibility of the group continues in the region, which complicates the task of personalities like Olena Shevchenko.
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The event takes place in Barcelona from 18th to 26th November to contribute into more inclusive societies through the struggle for the rights of LGBTIQ+ people.
![EuroPride "EuroPride has not been cancelled. We will march on 17.09 at 17h".](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/europride.jpeg?itok=nvMYSZZH&c=e144a44d1fe0a1775725d6ca9d1314fb)
This year, the city of Belgrade will host EuroPride, an event that, for the time being, is surrounded by tensions due to the Serbian President’s attempts to cancel the event
We as a society must educate ourselves and make it an LGBT+ inclusive society, to make world a happy place for all. We must be the change.
The battle we face seems to be an uphill one. We need to fight, not only for recognition, but for full acceptance, dignity, and the right to equality and equity.
![IdemTV Frame from "Girls in uniform"](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/maedchen_in_uniform_fotograma.jpg?itok=fcJ3cNbH&c=10c05dc0c324c6b3e04744f0a337c793)
The association ILGA is paying tribute to all the lesbians from the past that are a reference for the present times despite the efforts to silence their voices in society.
![Ehe für elle Maria von Känel fights for LGBT + rights organizations in Switzerland. Font: Ehe für elle](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/cedida_ehefueraulle_0.jpg?itok=l97RXXPJ&c=bfb4fc363c08c9dfad17b4ddea39dc33)
On 26 September 2021, Switzerland approved marriage for same-sex couples. This political victory will enter into force in July 2022 but, for von Känel and the organisations she leads, there is much more to be done.
![Pexels The ILGA report denounces more than 900 applications of discriminatory laws.](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/lgtbi_girl.jpg?itok=_GL8hifH&c=4b9f309009f1c3f52fa68243afd2e468)
Despite the lack of comprehensive registration by states, ILGA-World has registered more than 900 applications of discriminatory laws against LGTBI + people.
![IdemTV Europe has initiated sanctions on member states that do not defend LGTBI rights.](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/europa-atacs-lgtb-326x235.jpg?itok=11KQOuEe&c=26248f745a2a26660dc32bd7e4366ae5)
European policies are moving forward to defend the rights of LGBTI people while some member states are failing to meet their commitments and criminalise these groups.
![Vídeo Lesbian Project LGBTI leisure was an emerging reality around the world, a tourist attraction that is being blown away by Covid.](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/pride_captura_video_lesbian_project.jpg?itok=eC3hFm7q&c=95770adf8ce53b2668899166f6c1f7b1)
In addition to the social difficulties for LGBTI visibilities and the economic difficulties for the survival of businesses, the pandemic also put an end to the possibility of meeting physically, and has also done away with the spaces that made this possible.