@opes.bsky.social
Queer Activism in Portugal and Europe Former IGLYO, rede ex aequo, ESN Entre Lisboa, Coimbra e Porto 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
num país normal, numa década normal, isto seria o fim da instituição, do programa, da presidência
31.12.2025 14:43 — 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
In 2025, ILGA-Europe directly funded over 90 organisations across Europe and Central Asia.
In the toughest countries, this funding kept movements alive. Help keep it going.
Donate to support ILGA-Europe’s work next year 👉 https://qrco.de/ilgaeurope2025
I think about this a lot
28.12.2025 23:54 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0The Pride Organisers Summit has begun in Ljubljana, organised by ILGA-Europe and Ljubljana Pride. We are looking forward to four days of hard work and strategising together.
Gostavas de fazer voluntariado no Centro LGBTI+, mas ainda não sabes bem o que esperar?
Esta sexta-feira, dia 21, há uma sessão de informação para quem tem interesse em integrar as equipas de Acolhimento e Café-bar – duas áreas essenciais para manter o Centro vivo, seguro e aberto à comunidade:
“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.”
— Albert Camus
A historic win for equality in #Albania! Parliament has passed the Law “On Gender Equality”, keeping protections for sexual orientation, gender identity and expression and withdrawn a proposal to recognise only two genders.
A victory for unity, dignity and democracy. 🧵
Equal rights for Intersex People Europe goes purple OII Europe and the Council of Europe
Let’s go purple! 💜
The Council of Europe is launching the #EuropeGoesPurple campaign with OII Europe, to promote the adoption of the new Recommendation on Equal Rights for Intersex Persons and raise awareness about intersex people and the challenges they face.
europegoespurple.org
“Não se trata apenas de competir, mas de ter o direito de ser reconhecida como quem sou”.
Nadadora Hannah Caldas suspensa após recusar teste de cromossomas: “É o preço a pagar para proteger a minha informação médica”
Drumroll please…
As we close our time in Vilnius, our wonderful hosts TJA and LGL are passing the conference flag🏳️🌈 to the next city that will welcome the ILGA-Europe Annual Conference in 2026.
Watch the video to find out where we’ll gather next, and who will host us next year.
Um dirigente associativo disse à Lusa que os residentes do Bairro do Zambujal, Amadora, onde morava Odair Moniz, morto há um ano por um polícia, são cada vez mais encostados à parede pela polícia, existindo mais tensão desde o assassinato.
14.10.2025 08:03 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
#PécsPride has been banned under Hungary’s Assembly Act. Organisers plan to march tomorrow, 4 Oct despite real legal risks. Freedom of assembly is an EU right and cannot be denied. We stand in solidarity and are monitoring developments closely.
03.10.2025 10:38 — 👍 76 🔁 31 💬 0 📌 0
Comissão para a Igualdade e Contra a Discriminação Racial está parada há dois anos por falta de regulamentação do Parlamento. Presidente é agora candidata à Câmara de Ponta Delgada.
30.09.2025 14:30 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1
És de ou vives nos Açores ou na Madeira? Se és uma pessoa LGBTI+ e estás à procura de emprego, a pensar numa mudança de rumo, ou a estudar para entrar no mercado de trabalho, este workshop é para ti. Confere como podes participar 🦋🌈
ilga-portugal.pt/projetos/fei...
We welcome the Opinion of the Advocate General in CJEU saying that EU Member States must allow legal gender recognition! Read the full joint statement on our website: https://www.ilga-europe.org/news/joint-statement-landmark-cjeu-opinion-demands-legal-gender-recognition-across-eu/
09.09.2025 14:26 — 👍 84 🔁 36 💬 2 📌 5
August 12: Oliver Röpke, President of the EESC, calls for Enes’ immediate release: “As a member of the CoE and an EU candidate country, Turkey is expected to uphold the highest democratic standards, including the protection of fundamental freedoms and the rule of law.”
14.08.2025 13:14 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Enes Hocaoğulları, youth delegate & LGBTI+ activist, was detained in Turkey for speaking at the Council of Europe about mayoral arrests and protests. Voices defending democracy & LGBTI people are under attack. Share his story. #Freedom4Enes
14.08.2025 12:57 — 👍 27 🔁 18 💬 3 📌 0
URGENT: We call for the immediate release of Enes Hocaoğulları, LGBTI+ rights defender and Youth Delegate to the Council of Europe, detained yesterday in Turkey.
The prosecutor has requested his pre-trial arrest. A judge’s decision is pending.
#ENESEÖZGÜRLÜK #FREEDOM4ENES
Jinkx Monsoon mocks J.K. Rowling’s transphobia in a recent interview with Ziwe
01.08.2025 09:17 — 👍 957 🔁 201 💬 10 📌 29
Estudo nacional revela discriminação generalizada contra pessoas com deficiência
25.07.2025 06:06 — 👍 0 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
Afinal quem é que tem uma agenda ideológica? Os diretores das escolas, professores e especialistas, ou quem prefere não os ouvir?
22.07.2025 12:07 — 👍 65 🔁 18 💬 3 📌 4
Remembering Srebrenica 11 July
The Srebrenica genocide is one of the darkest pages of European history.
In July 1995, 30 years ago, thousands of men and boys were murdered solely because of their ethnicity and religion.
Let us remember and learn from it.
#NeverForget
The ECtHR ruled that Caster Semenya was denied a fair trial. This is a powerful step forward, and now Swiss courts must act swiftly to uphold her rights.
www.ilga-europe.org/news/semenya...
De 23 a 31 de agosto, jovens entre os 16 e os 30 anos reúnem-se em Vila Nova de Milfontes para partilha, diversão e apoio mútuo. Vê como podes participar:
Uma tenda cheia de orgulho ⛺️🌈 rede ex aequo promove acampamento nacional para jovens LGBTI+
Mais uma prova que qualquer preocupação com as crianças que o Chega alegue ter é na verdade uma tentativa de usá-las para aproveitamento político. Já vimos isto acontecer em discussões sobre menores trans, mas agora para "denúncia de uma mudança cultural e civilizacional".
Espero que façam a queixa.
Abrego said he shared a cell with 20 people, who were forced to kneel overnight, “with guards striking anyone who fell from exhaustion.”
He was denied bathroom access and soiled himself. Detainees were confined to metal bunks w/no mattresses in an overcrowded cell w/no windows, bright lights…
We are hiring a consultant to analyse FRA LGBTIQ III survey data, focusing on intersectional issues like poverty, healthcare, and conversion practices. Apply by 13 July at www.ilga-europe.org/job-opportun...
26.06.2025 09:23 — 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Tomorrow's #BudapestPride could have been legal and safe. The European Commission had the tools to act, and chose not to. Inaction has consequences. Complicity has a cost.
Joint declaration by ILGA-Europe, Forbidden Colours, Reclaim EU, EL*C and OII-Europe www.ilga-europe.org/news/budapes...
did you get a chance to read my Modern Love story?
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/s...
Photos of IGLYO Policy & Research Officer Amélie speaking at the Engso youth European Youth and Sport Platform 2025.
Photos of IGLYO Policy & Research Officer Amélie speaking at the Engso youth European Youth and Sport Platform 2025.
Photos of IGLYO Policy & Research Officer Amélie speaking at the Engso youth European Youth and Sport Platform 2025.
Photos of IGLYO Policy & Research Officer Amélie speaking at the Engso youth European Youth and Sport Platform 2025.
Two weeks ago, our Policy & Research Officer Amélie spoke on a panel entitled “European Youth and Sport Together: Bridging the Youth Representation Gap in Decision-Making in Sport” at ENGSO Youth's European Youth and Sport Platform 2025. 🏆
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