EU urges Cyprus to adopt LGBTI+ action plan
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...
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Top European LGBTI+ meet to be held in Limassol
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...
Migrants, those with disabilities and LGBTQI people ‘most vulnerable to discrimination’
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,...
Priests ‘forcing LGBTI people to undergo conversion therapy’, MPs hear
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...
Cyprus, UK sign memorandum on LGBTI+ rights
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...
One in five lesbian women in Cyprus victims of harassment, survey shows
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...
LGBTI+ rights to be modernised
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...
Cyprus backs criticism of Hungary’s anti-LGBTI bill (Updated)
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...
Cyprus among 14 EU states to sign declaration on respect for LGBTI rights
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...
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...
