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Racially motivated crimes are on the rise in Cyprus, the House human rights committee heard on Monday Deputy police chief Ioannis Georgiou told the committee that there were a total ...

With Saturday marking the annual International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT), Cyprus finds itself once again below the EU average on LGBTI rights. In Cyprus, same-sex couples are ...

Non-governmental organisation Accept – LGBTI Cyprus on Sunday reacted with fury to an image of an Easter bonfire, known as a “lambradjia”, adorned with placards with “LGBT” written on them. In ...

Cyprus was given a score of just 34 per cent for the human rights situation and living standards of its LGBT population. The score was published by LGBT advocacy group Ilga-Europe, ...

A couple of hundred people turned out for the north’s annual LGBT pride parade on Friday evening. The parade coincided with the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia, ...

Homophobic, transphobic and biphobic incidents should not be treated as isolated incidents and should not be underestimated, Commissioner for the Administration and Protection of Human Rights, Maria Stylianou-Lottides said on ...

LGBT right’s group, Rainbow Families Cy, on Friday called on authorities to take issues of hate speech seriously, instead of allowing extremist rhetoric to grow, following homophobic rhetoric of ...

Cyprus has been notably absent in congratulating Greece on passing the same-sex marriage law, failing to be one of 28 countries with embassies in Athens to congratulate them. Greece passed the ...

Cyprus’ government is marginalising the LGBT community and looking to maintain its conservative backing, a rights organisation said on Friday in reaction to government statements that politicians and society in ...

When Yolanda Kalantzi and Georgia Ampatzidou fell in love eight years ago, they said the idea of getting married was “science fiction” in deeply conservative Greece, where LGBT+ couples cannot ...

A church nativity scene which features two mothers of the Baby Jesus, instead of the conventional Mary and Joseph figurines, has sparked anger among conservative Catholics and politicians in Italy. ...

Canada, citing the risk of potential dangers, is advising LGBTQ travellers planning trips to the United States to check how they might be affected by recently passed laws in some ...

Elle Solomina is 36, but she says her life truly began in 2021, when she changed her gender to female in her official Russian identification documents. The IT worker is now watching ...

Cyprus needs to address the rhetoric that stigmatises, targets, and victimises members of the LGBTI community, Justice Minister Anna Koukkides Procopiou has said. The minister made an extensive reference to ...

Tens of thousands marched through the streets of Warsaw on Saturday to demand equality for LGBTQ people, as the community eyes upcoming Polish elections in which gay rights could play ...

Germany and France are joining the EU Commission’s infringement proceedings against Hungary over its anti-LGBT law, a German government spokesperson said on Thursday. The European Commission referred Hungary to ...

Church of England bishops apologised to LGBTQI+ people on Friday for the rejection and hostility they have faced, with the Archbishop of Canterbury acknowledging that the religious body was still “...

Russia’s parliament on Thursday passed the third and final reading of a law that expands an existing ban on promoting “LGBT propaganda” to children by banning it among people ...

The owner of a Limassol nightclub accused of kicking out a gay couple over a kiss on Tuesday rejected accusations of homophobic discrimination. Accept LGBTI Cyprus brought attention to the ...

A change to the outdated blood donation eligibility requirements for gay men caused an uproar on social media on Tuesday as it still bans the specific group from donating blood ...

Cyprus psychiatric association has recommended its members respect the gender identity and sexual orientation of their patients, following recent reports over conversion therapy incidents. Conversion therapies remain legal in Cyprus. ...

The censorship of a kiss between two men in the broadcast of a Greek series by a local channel was another setback for gay rights in Cyprus, LGBT activists said ...

A free online international conference on how to overcome LGBTQI-phobia in tertiary education will take place in English this Thursday. The event will be the final conference of the European ...

The Association for the Prevention and Handling of Violence in the Family (Spavo) and NGO Hope for Children were on Friday awarded the first annual Stella Soulioti human rights awards. ...