BACKGROUND MATERIAL - Police Let Down LGBT March Participants - Hungarian LGBT Organisations Demand Justice
(ALTERA, english, 28.07.2007)
Neo Nazi gangs attacked the peaceful lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender march with bottles and Molotov cocktails on 7 July 2007 in Budapest, Hungary. The police failed to protect both the march and the participants of a party afterwards, say Hungarian human rights organisations. Police did not dissolve the armed assembly, did not reply to emergency calls and did not patrol in the area.

STATEMENT of NGOs on police negligence - Participants of Pride March Attacked in Hungary
(ALTERA, english, 28.07.2007)
We, the undersigned organisations are appalled at the fact that the police failed to protect the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) march with appropriate force and methods. We demand that those responsible be called to account and measures be taken to prevent further similar cases.

European Court of Human Rights verdict is an emphatic vindication for LGBT activists
(ALTERA, english, 15.05.2007)
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The Intergroup on Gay and Lesbian Rights welcomed news the European Court of Human Rights ruled the ban of the Warsaw Gay Pride in 2005 a violation of Articles 11 on freedom of association and assembly, 13 on effective remedy, and 14 on prohibition of discrimination. The honourable judges of the Strasbourg Court were unanimous in their decision highlighting the 'crystal clear' nature of the situation. The news follows the adoption of a resolution in the European Parliament condemning the rise of homophobia in Europe and in particular in Poland.

Sign Petition: POLAND: HANDS OFF HUMAN RIGHTS
(ALTERA, english, 12.05.2007)
Send a message to Poland's government that it must respect all
human rights for all. Sign the petition below!

Mám dvoch otcov - I have two fathers
(-paf-, english, 19.03.2007)
Video of boy singing about his two fathers. In Dutch and with English subtitles on www.youTUBE.com

Svojský spôsob ako sa podeliť o rodinné radosti a hrdosť na svojich dvoch otcov.Ponúkam link na videoklip "Mám dvoch otcov" (v holandštine s anglickými titulkami) na www.youTUBE.com

Pressrelease: Intergroup shocked by remarks made by Moscow Mayor
(-paf-, english, 17.02.2007)
The Intergroup on Gay and Lesbian Rights reacted with shock to the remarks made by Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov. The remarks were made by the mayor upon hearing of the news that the ban on Gay Prides would be taken to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. The mayor of Moscow called Gay Prides a 'Satanist Happening' and promised further bans of Gay Prides.

MONITOR ADVOCATE.COM: Gay tourists attacked in Croatia
(ALTERA, english, 18.09.2006)
A gay German couple traveling through the Croatian town of Split was attacked by unknown perpetrators, police and local media reported on Friday. The incident was the latest in a series of homophobic attacks on tourists along Croatia's popular Adriatic coast in recent months, according to Agence France-Presse reports.

Handbook on PRIDE monitoring - ILGA Europe
(ALTERA, english, 09.08.2006)
With kind permission from ILGA-Europe and author Christine Loudes we are happy to bring you Handbook on PRIDE monitoring

Finland wants to ban access to assisted reproduction services to single and lesbian women.
(ALTERA, english, 06.07.2006)
Please, find enclosed explanation and call for support from Institutet för kvinnoforskning, that attempts to prevent this measures from being adopted.

Fínsko plánuje zakázať prístup k službám asistovanej reprodukcie pre slobodné ženy a lesbické ženy. Prinášame Vám pôvodnú výzvu v angličtine a fínštine. Pripojte sa k výzve zo strany Institutet för kvinnoforskning, aby k prijatiu týchto opatrení nedošlo.

SLOVAKIA: Petition 2006 Campaing Who Is Who?
(Hana Fábry, english, 03.07.2006)
The aim of the Who Is Who? Campaign is a continuous work on rising societal and political support for adopting the Law on life partnerships of two people of the same sex, furthermore its actual adopting by the Slovak parliament and its implementation in the legal system of Slovak Republic as well as its acceptance by the wide public. !

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REPORT on Police abuses against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the USA
(ALTERA, english, 03.07.2006)
Stonewalled – still demanding respect
Police abuses against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the USA

This report is based on the report Stonewalled: police abuse and misconduct against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the U.S. produced by Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) in 2005. It is based on research conducted between 2003 and 2005 which focused primarily on four very different and geographically diverse US cities – Chicago (Illinois), Los Angeles (California), New York (New York), and San Antonio (Texas). All four cities have well-documented histories of police brutality and misconduct and each has taken at least some steps to address these human rights abuses. They, therefore, provide an insight into the progress that has been made and the challenges that remain.

Are Slovak LGBTs proud enough for PRIDEs ?
(-paf-, english, 02.07.2006)

This paper was originally written for Round Table that took place within Zagreb´s International PRIDE events at the end of June 2006. The main topic of the round table was Right to Freedom of Assembly and violence on Pride or Pride-like manifestations in Region of Central and Easter Europe. While some of the countries don´t have experience with PRIDEs, others have repeatedly faced either verball or sometimes even very violent physical attacks from extremist and radical groups such as religious and nationalist parties, or local hooligans (nationalist sports fans). Some countries are more free than other, still they face low self-esteem of their local Queer people. Some PRIDEs just fail to happen because of low interest (or fear to come out) of local queers to take part in them.

Polish Ministry of Education attemts to return to era of censorship
(ALTERA, english, 01.07.2006)
The Polish Minister of Education Mr. Roman Giertych, recently officially dismissed The Director of Polish In-Service Teachers Training Centre for the publication of Compass a manual on human rights education with young people .

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: Police target lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the USA
(ALTERA, english, 30.06.2006)
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“Nothing is more unfair than singling out a group and making them criminal when they are not.” R. Boevingloh, a 60-year-old gay man, February 2004.

INVITATION: 11. Regenbogen-Parade - Vienna "Come together - come out!" - 1.7.2006
(ALTERA, english, 03.06.2006)
“Come together – come out!” is the motto that will guide gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transgendered people, their friends and sympathisers around the Ringstraße on 1 July 2006. Another year has passed and the Rainbow-Parade (the Austrian equivalent of the Christopher Street Day) will demonstrate in its eleventh year for tolerance and equality.