As has become a tradition, the Eastern European Coalition for LGBT+ Equality took part in Coming Out Fest in Chișinău, Moldova, in early October. This year, we brought together activists from Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, and Armenia to explore the links between art, craft, and activism. Resistance and advocacy do not always have to be loud; […]
Nearly 14 years after a peaceful LGBT+ rights protest was disrupted in Kyiv, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Ukraine violated activists’ rights. On 22 October 2026, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Ukraine had violated Article 11, protecting freedom of assembly, in the case of three applicants, and Article […]
At the beginning of October, the Eastern European Coalition for LGBT+ Equality joined the annual ILGA-Europe Conference in Dublin, where LGBT+ activists and organisations came together under this year’s theme, “Resist and Rise”. As part of the conference, Coalition members Eka Tsereteli, Hripsime Kizogyan and Leo Zbanka held a workshop titled “Reimagining Resistance in a […]
At the beginning of October, the Eastern European Coalition for LGBT+ Equality joined the annual ILGA-Europe Conference in Dublin, where LGBT+ activists and organisations came together under this year’s theme, “Resist and Rise”. As part of the conference, Coalition members Eka Tsereteli, Hripsime Kizogyan and Leo Zbancă held a workshop titled “Reimagining Resistance in a […]
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 […]
