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A 29-year-old was arrested on Monday evening in connection with a homophobic attack at the weekend. The attack, outside a nightclub in Limassol on Saturday night, was allegedly carried out ...

The church has agreed with the bill banning conversion therapies after changes were inserted, chairman of the House legal committee Nikos Tornaritis said on Wednesday. The ongoing debate on the ...

The bill criminalising conversion therapies for LGBTQI+ people is expected to be postponed on Thursday as far-right party Elam filed an amendment to allow such pseudo-treatments to go ahead if ...

Both the culture and Cyprus’ institutional framework need to be changed if inclusivity in the workplace is ever to be achieved, Energy and Commerce Minister Natasa Pilides highlighted on Wednesday. ...

The non-commissioned (NCO) officer who called homosexuality unnatural in a TikTok video may face criminal charges, police said on Tuesday after completing investigations. The findings were sent to the legal ...

A national guard officer who posted TikTok videos saying being gay goes against nature caused uproar on Wednesday, with a slew of complaints filed to the defence ministry and police. ...

The debacle over the theatre production Around the World in 80 days continued on Thursday, with the education ministry questioning why an LGBTI+ message would be fit for children. The original ...

Priests, health professionals and other people carrying out conversion ‘therapies’ to LGBTI+ individuals will be faced with up to three years in jail according to a draft bill that aims ...

Trans people in Cyprus face many problems but they live in obscurity, Accept LGBTI Cyprus said to mark the Transgender Remembrance Day aiming to draw attention to the violence against ...

A group of 20 diplomatic representatives in Cyprus showed their support for the LGBTQIA+ community on Friday, as they welcomed this year’s Pride Festival set to take place on September 25. ...

The council of ministers has approved a law allowing anyone over age 16 to legally have their gender changed on official documents without having undergone gender reassignment surgery, according to reports ...

It is a matter of concern that nearly half of young Cypriot teenage students disguise being LGBTI at school, the European commissioner for equality Helena Dalli said on Thursday as ...

Idahot+, the main annual European event where governments and key stakeholders meet to assess the progress of LGBTI+ rights and set new goals will take place this week in Limassol. ...

Despite the Cyprus legal framework providing extensive protection from discrimination on the basis of a person’s race and ethnic origin, religion or belief, sexual orientation, disability, sexual orientation, gender ...

Priests force children and adults into hormone and other conversion therapy treatments, which remain legal in Cyprus, with the aim of changing their sexual orientation and gender identity, MPs heard ...

Justice Minister Stephie Drakos on Tuesday stressed the need for a change in culture regarding the rights of LGBTI+ people, after signing a Memorandum of Understanding on the Protection and ...

A total 22 per cent of lesbian women experienced harassment within a year prior to 2019 in Cyprus, showed a Fundamental Rights Agency’s survey. The FRA’s second LGBTI survey, which ...

Cyprus will collaborate with the UK to promote LGBTI+ rights and modernise the relevant national legislation, Law commissioner Louiza Christodoulidou-Zannetou said on Tuesday. In a tweet following her meeting with ...

Saying discrimination has no place in the European Union, President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday expressed support for LGBTI persons after Hungary’s parliament passed a law that would ban homosexual ...

Cyprus is one of 14 EU member states to sign a joint declaration in light of the international day against homophobia and transphobia that was marked on Monday. According to an ...