conference

This year, the annual ILGA-Europe Conference takes place in Vilnius from 22 to 26 October. The event is organised in cooperation with local partners – the Lithuanian Gay League (LGL) and the Tolerant Youth Association. The conference brings together activists and allies from across Europe and Central Asia, creating space for reflection, experience-sharing, and collective planning of future directions for the equality movement. Kampania Przeciw Homofobii (Campaign Against Homophobia) is represented in Vilnius by Miko Czerwiński and Miłosz Przepiórkowski, who will spend the next few days discussing the future of our movement. This year’s theme, Facing the Future, reflects the...

Unequal rights granted to rainbow families in different countries remain one of the most serious challenges in Europe. How can EU citizens be guaranteed the right to freedom of movement, when crossing a border may mean losing parental rights or having a marriage, valid in one’s own country, not legally recognized? How, in the face of growing opposition to equality, can international alliances and political support be built? How can we counter regression in states that not long ago were leaders of change? These are just some of the questions addressed during the conference “Ensuring equality for rainbow families in...