Accept marks Trans Day of Remembrance with petition call
In 2020 alone, a Limassol transwoman suffered a near-fatal assault in her own home, the trans legal partner of a Cypriot citizen was deported, while...
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Draft bill for gender identity recognition is inadequate, adviser says
The draft legislation for legal gender recognition to be approved by parliament is inadequate, the president’s advisor on diversity issues said on Monday. In an...
First bicommunal LGBTI festival taking place on Saturday
The island’s first bicommunal LGBTI festival will be held in Nicosia on Saturday under the slogan United by Colours. Organised by Accept LGBTI and the...
Turnout low in Romanian vote on constitutional ban on same sex marriage
By Luiza Ilie Many Romanians appeared to boycott a vote on Sunday on whether to enshrine in the constitution that marriage must only be between...
News podcast: Cyprus’ human rights; gay pride celebrations
The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in international and local...
Legal recognition of gender change a must, MPs hear
The House human rights committee discussed on Monday the issue of the legal recognition of gender change, which committee head Stella Kyriakidou, said concerns 8,500...
Akel wants parliament to discuss Archbishop’s disparaging comments on gays (Update)
The Human Rights Commissioner’s office said on Thursday that the recent statements of Archbishop Chrysostomos against homosexuals went beyond the concept of freedom of expression...
‘Simpler’ gender-change law by early next year
ACCEPT-LGBT Cyprus is optimistic that a bill introducing simpler procedures to change gender identity will be ready early next year, its chairman Costas Gavrielides said...
European LGBTI conference in Nicosia
Hundreds of people from more than 50 countries are expected on the island over the next few days to attend the 20th annual European LGBTI...
LGBTI community calls for simpler procedures to change gender identity
Simpler procedures to change gender identity and legally allowing gay couples to adopt are the next challenges for the island’s LGBTI community, which has seen...
MPs discuss most suitable name for civil partnerships bill
A PROPOSAL was tabled yesterday to rename civil partnerships to civil unions to better reflect the provisions of a law currently being discussed by parliament....
‘All different, all equal’
By Evie Andreou THOUSANDS of people participated in the island’s first gay pride parade in Nicosia yesterday in a show of public support marred only...
Whoopi supports island’s LGBTI
Constantinos Psillides God is perfect and makes no mistakes and the Church should know better, American actress and TV presenter Whoopi Goldberg has said in...
Cyprus to have its first Gay Pride parade
By Constantinos Psillides Cyprus first-ever Gay Pride parade will be held in Nicosia on May 31 and it will be part of the 15-day-long Cyprus Pride Festival,...
Still no human rights for LGBT people
By Stefanos Evripidou AS THE world marked Human Rights Day yesterday, civil rights group ACCEPT-LGBT lamented the “sad and paradoxical” fact that discussions were still...