EU Launches New LGBTIQ+ Strategy

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Flags of the Europe waving in front of the Le Berlaymont building, headquarters of the European Commission, in Brussels, Belgium in April 2024. © 2024 Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via AP Photo This month, the European Commission released its LGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy 2026–2030, a renewed and ambitious step in the European Union’s commitment to equality, inclusion, and human rights. Building on the 2020–2025 framework, it reaffirms the goal of making “a Union of Equality” a lived reality, while confronting the surge in anti-LGBTIQ rhetoric and violence across…

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