Zhanar’s letter from prison
Kazakhstan, March 2nd, 2025 For sisters! My dears, how are you? Is everything okay? I am in a cell room with girls, we share everything, and it makes time passes more cheerfully and easily. Of...
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PRESS RELEASE – Lesbians Take the Italian Senate for the First Time
A Historic Step for Dyke Visibility and Rights Rome, April 3, 2025 — The word “lesbian” breaks into the Italian institutions. Today the Italian Senate (Sala Caduti di Nassirya) became the stage for a...
View ArticleObservatory on Lesbophobia 2024: Key Findings and Trends
The EL*C is proud to present the 2024 results of the Observatory on Lesbophobia, a monitoring initiative launched in 2022 to document and raise awareness about lesbophobic violence and discrimination...
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EL*C at the 12th European IDAHOT+ Forum: A Dykestoric Step for LBTI Women’s...
On May 20th, 2025, the EuroCentralAsian Lesbian* Community (EL*C) proudly participated in the 12th European IDAHOT+ Forum in Valletta, Malta — a significant edition in which, for the first time, a...
View ArticleResearch: Lived Realities of Black, Racialized, Roma and Central Asian...
Published by EL*C, this report presents the findings of a groundbreaking research project on the lived experiences of Black, racialized, Roma and Central Asian lesbians in the EU (2024–2025). Its...
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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS – EL*C & WAVE Joint Advocacy Study Visit (Brussels, 4–6...
This year, WAVE—the European network of women’s specialist services combating gender-based violence—and EL*C—the European network dedicated to LBTI women and communities—are joining forces to offer a...
View ArticleCAMPAIGN – Lesbians Support Budapest Pride – A movement cannot be banned
1. Political Context and Purpose of the CampaignIn 2022, we marched boldly through Budapest in a Dyke March, defying oppression and standing proud as lesbians, as activists, as a community. Today, as...
View ArticleOpen Letter to the European Commission: The Future of EU Funding and Support...
As a broad coalition of European civil society organisations, we have sent the following letter to President Ursula von der Leyen and several European Commissioners. In it, we express deep concerns...
View ArticleBudapest Pride Could Have Been Legal and Safe. The European Commission Chose...
By refusing to act, the European Commission enabled the ban and left activists alone to defend fundamental rights. A joint declaration by ILGA-Europe, Forbidden Colours, Reclaim, OII Europe and EL*C In...
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EL*C ROME CONFERENCE NARRATIVE REPORT
ELC-Rome-Narrative Report1 It’s here! The Narrative Report of the 4th EL*C Conference in Rome is out now! 750 attendees from 52 countries, this event brought together a crowd of voices, experiences,...
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