21/10/2024 | Writer: Kaos GL
At the ILGA-Europe General Assembly, Kaos GL and UniKuir representatives were elected to the executive board.
More than 400 LGBTI+ activists came together at the ILGA-Europe General Assembly and annual conference held in Bucharest, Romania between 16-19 October. The conference, organised this year with the theme ‘The Call to Courage’, focused on the resilience and struggle of LGBTI+ people in environments where LGBTI+ rights are threatened globally under the influence of anti-gender movements.
Commenting on the choice to hold the Conference in Romania this year, ILGA-Europe’s Advocacy Director, Katrin Hugendubel said:
“As Romania gears up for elections, and at a time when the rights, protections and lives of LGBTI people are more at risk now than in the last decade, we are in Bucharest for the ILGA-Europe conference over with 400 LGBTI activist participants, from 52 countries. The European Courts have made two judgements saying Romania should recognise both same-sex partnerships and gender recognition that have taken place in another EU country. It is time that Romania caught up with the majority of the European Union and implemented these judgements. Romania also needs to put in place legislation to recognise partnerships and rainbow families, so that the human rights of LGBTI people can be respected and protected, instead of being used as political scapegoats with attempted legislations to limit their human rights.”
As member organisations from Turkey, Kaos GL, 17 May, Unikuir, SPoD, Muamma LGBTI+, Adana LGBTI+, AKGD attended the conference. SPoD and Ünikuir organised a panel discussion on violations of freedom of expression and assembly faced by LGBTI+ people in Turkey.
In the elections held during the general assembly, D. Umut Uzun from Kaos GL and Özgür Gür from ÜniKuir were elected to the executive board of ILGA-Europe. The names who will serve on the board for the next 2 years will play an important role in conveying the LGBTI+ agenda in Turkey and the Middle East region to Europe.
Tags: human rights, life
