At the end of July, members of the Eastern European Coalition for LGBT+ Equality came together for our General Assembly, followed by a training on Dialogue in Conflict, led by Christiane Seehausen, an expert from the Nansen Center for Peace and Dialogue. During the General Assembly, we discussed our advocacy and communication goals and results, as […]
During Pride Week in Chișinău, the Eastern European Coalition for LGBT+ Equality hosted a conference on the challenges shaping LGBT+ rights across Europe. The opening panel, moderated by Florin Buhuceanu of Accept Romania, explored whether today’s pressure on human rights reflects a global backlash or a set of local crises with shared patterns. Speakers from […]
This year’s Chisinau Pride was built around a clear and timely message: every family deserves to be recognised and protected. That message was carried through an event that felt notably calmer and more open than in previous years. There were no attempts by political figures to obstruct it, and no collision with the so-called family march. […]
At the beginning of May, we held a series of productive meetings with our partners and stakeholders in Norway and Sweden. In Norway, we engaged with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and NORAD, sharing our perspective on the development of LGBT+ rights in the Eastern European region. We also met with representatives of the Norwegian […]
This report provides a structured analysis of 442 documented human rights violations against LGBT+ people in Armenia, Moldova, Ukraine, Georgia, and Russia, recorded between January and December 2025. The data was collected by the Eastern European Coalition for LGBT+ Equality and its member organisations in Armenia, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine, based on cases reported by […]
The European Court of Human Rights has found that Ukraine failed to effectively investigate a hate-motivated attack against LGBT+ activists Zoryan Kis and Tymur Levchuk, in a case brought by the couple after a violent assault in Kyiv in 2015. In its judgment delivered on 9 April 2026 in Kis and Levchuk v. Ukraine, the […]
The Eastern European Coalition for LGBT+ Equality welcomes the recent conviction in the case concerning threats against Marin Pavlescu, a young man from Moldova who became publicly known after reporting harassment during his compulsory military service linked to his sexual orientation.
For the first time, the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Moldova has officially recognized the existence of LGBT+ children in schools. Despite this recognition, the National School Barometer shows that LGBT+ students remain the most discriminated group within the education system.
The GENDERDOC-M Information Center has released its 2025 Report on the Situation of LGBT+ Rights in the Republic of Moldova, offering a data-based overview of the social, political, and institutional context shaping the lives of LGBT+ people.
We welcome the decision of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to adopt a resolution calling for a ban on conversion practices and for stronger support for survivors, as well as decisive action to tackle misinformation targeting LGBT+ people. This decision affirms that practices seeking to change, suppress or repress a person’s sexual […]
