Georgia: 13th issue of first Georgian LGBT magazine "Me" was published
12 May 2010
The 13th issue of first Georgian LGBT magazine "Me" is published and available online in publications' section....
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Georgia: SOS - Police attack on Inclusive Foundation
23 December 2009
On December 15 2009 the office of the Inclusive Foundation, a well known Georgian LGBT organisation, was raided by the police. They did...
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Georgia: A new logo
9 December 2009
Inclusive Foundation launches a new logo as of December 2009....
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Georgia: Rate the compitition postcards
26 November 2009
The deadline to accepts the material for Gay.Ge and Inclusive Foundation joint competition for LGBT postcards was 18:00, November 24, 2009.
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Georgia: Competition results
26 November 2009
Gay.Ge and Inclusive Foundation joint competition for LGBT postcards results are now available online at: http://pc2009.gay.ge....
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Georgia: Postcard competition on promoting LGBT equality in Georgia
9 November 2009
Gay.ge initiative group and Inclusive Foundation are pleased to announce competition on creation of postcards aiming at promoting equality o...
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Georgia: 12th, special issue of first Georgian LGBT magazine "Me" was published
12 September 2009
The 12th, special issue of first Georgian LGBT magazine "Me" is published and available online in publications' section....
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World: Lithuanian parliament is about to discuss homophobic legislative amendments
18 August 2009
The Lithuanian LGBT organization LGL has issued a statement condemning proposed homophobic legislative amendments under discussion in parlia...
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Georgia: 11th issue of first Georgian LGBT magazine "Me" was published
12 August 2009
The 11th issue of first Georgian LGBT magazine "Me" is published and available online in publications' section....
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Georgia: "Queering Yerevan" members visited Tbilisi
7 August 2009
Five members of Armenian lesbian blog "Queering Yerevan" visited Tbilisi. They expressed the desire to cooperate with Inclusive's women's initiative group. The artists met several representatives of I...
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Georgia: Civil protest and selection of new Public Broadcaster chief
6 August 2009
Following the resignation of Levan Qubaneishvili from the post of director-general of the Public Broadcaster in July, his former...
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World: Canal Pride in Amsterdam
31 July 2009
A representative of the Inclusive Foundation attended this year's Amsterdam Gay Pride. The Canal Parade portion of the fest...
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Georgia: New ombudsman appointed
30 July 2009
In late July, two candidates were nominated for the post of Georgia's human rights defender, which is to be vacated in September. Th...
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Georgia: "Me" Magazine got listed in an International catalogue
29 July 2009
At the closing ceremony of the Outgames, the "Copenhagen Catalogue of Good Practices" was presented. Our magazine wa...
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World: Equality in business
28 July 2009
Another document was published during the Copenhagen Outgames listed corporations that supported equal rights for gay and lesbian employees. The list was headed by such companies as BT Group, Cisco Sy...
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Georgia: IF member attended Outgames in Copenhagen
25 July 2009
Inclusive Foundation representative attended this year's Outgames in Copenhagen, the capital of the Kingdom of Denmark. Georgia...
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World: More Lithuania
16 June 2009
The Lithuanian Seimas (parliament) overwhelmingly approved a law "on protecting minors from the detrimental effect of public informa...
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World: European Parliament
8 June 2009
Elections to the European Parliament were held on 4-7 June. The poll results weakened the influence of groups espousing sociali...
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Georgia: LGBT Survey
30 May 2009
The Inclusive Foundation completed its segment-specific survey about LGBT sexual behaviour. Seventy-two people were interviewed in the study...
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Georgia: Against Homophobia
20 May 2009
A public discussion titled "Homophobia, Public and Private" was held at the Heinrich Böll Foundation's Tbilisi office on 20 May. Th...
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Georgia: Swedish Organization Visits Georgia
20 May 2009
Representatives of the Swedish organization RFSU visited Georgia to familiarize themselves with the activities of the Inclusive Foundation wit...
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World: May 17th - International Day Against Homophobia
17 May 2009
On 17 May 1990 the World Health Organization officially removed homosexuality from the list of mental illnesses. This is why the date has bee...
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Georgia: Inclusive Representatives Took Part in the Baltic Friendship Days
16 May 2009
Another Gay Pride festival was held in Riga. This year it was called Baltic Friendship Days, since our colleagues, who also work ...
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Georgia: Inclusive Foundation Attended Moldova's Gay Pride Festival
3 May 2009
For the second time, representatives of the Inclusive Foundation attended Moldova's Gay Pride festival. They took part in a ...
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World: Historic moment for LGBT rights in the European Parliament
4 April 2009
European Parliament's Intergroup on Gay and Lesbian Rights welcomes two important reports adopted on April 1st by the European ...
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World: Sweden approves same-sex marriage legislation
2 April 2009
A broad majority in the Swedish parliament Wednesday approved adoption of same-sex marriage legislation after a six-hour debate.
Six o...
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World: EU’s Fundamental Rights Agency launches second part of its Report
31 March 2009
EU’s Fundamental Rights Agency launches second part of its Report on Homophobia and Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimina...
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Georgia: Media
30 March 2009
A Media Club event devoted to the topic of homophobia was organized by the Human Rights Centre at the New Art Cafe. Representatives of the Inclusive Foundation informed journalists about discriminatio...
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Georgia: 10th issue of first Georgian LGBT magazine "Me" was published
26 March 2009
The 10th issue of first Georgian LGBT magazine "Me" is published and available online in publications' section....
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World: Hillary Clinton, US Secretary of State, answers ILGA-Europe’s question
7 March 2009
On 6 March 2009, Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, participated in a “Townhall” meeting with young Eu...
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Georgia: Media
2 March 2009
The internet blog "Tight Circle", which is prepared by journalists at Future Express youth studio, published a video report on Me magazine. In addition to interviewing the publishers about t...
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Georgia: New translation
25 February 2009
"Religion, Morality and Politics - Romanian Orthodox Church in relation with Homosexuality" by Sinziana And...
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Georgia: Media
25 February 2009
The Tskheli Shokoladi (Hot Chocolate) magazine published an article headlined "Equality - A Dutch Fairytale". Half of the a...
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World: Film
23 February 2009
The Academy Awards Ceremony at the Kodak Theatre is mentioned in our magazine for two reasons. Sean Penn won best actor for his lead rol...
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Georgia: Virtual community
17 February 2009
Since the Inclusive Foundation helped launch the Georgian-language LGBT online resources gay.ge (now in a revamped version) and lesbi.ge, another 10 or so blogs have increased the Georgian LGBT presen...
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Georgia: 9th issue of first Georgian LGBT magazine "Me" was published
9 February 2009
The 9th issue of first Georgian LGBT magazine "Me" is published and available online in publications' section....
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World: fight against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation
20 January 2009
The commitment of the LGBT supporters of new US president Barack Obama - who was blessed on the Washington Mall by a gay bishop during ...
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Georgia: Hate speech
12 January 2009
The 12 January (No 747) issue of the Asaval-Dasavali weekly newspaper featured an article by journalist Jaba Khubua headlined &...
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World: Rights
5 January 2009
In a statement, Council of Europe's Human Rights Commissioner, Thomas Hammarberg, noted that in many CoE member countries, transgender people ar...
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Georgia: Internet Resources
31 December 2008
The past year was successful in terms of empowering our community. Attendance at discussion, movie and women's club events tripled (206 persons ...
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Georgia: Discussion
25 December 2008
The January issue of the popular magazine Hot Chocolate featured an extensive discussion on the programming of the revamped Georgian ...
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Georgia: 8th issue of first Georgian LGBT magazine "Me" was published
14 December 2008
The 8th issue of first Georgian LGBT magazine "Me" is published and available online in publications' section....
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Georgia: Discussion
10 December 2008
The Heinrich Boell Foundation hosted a regular debate session devoted to the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. G...
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World: World Activism
10 December 2008
UN General Assembly has marked the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This session witnessed unprecedented discussio...
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World: World Activism
10 December 2008
World Human Rights Day was a busy day in Europe as well. ILGA Europe organized an exhibition entitled "Different families, same love" at the European Parliament which aimed to illustrate the challenge...
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World: World Activism
8 November 2008
ILGA Europe and ILGA World have held conferences in Vienna. This year's ILGA Europe conference was remarkable in terms of scale, the diversity of topics and distinguished participants. Among the spea...
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World: Same sex marriage banned in California
4 November 2008
Same-sex marriage was legalized in California in May. Immediately afterwards, conservative forces throughout the United States banded ...
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Georgia: Internet Resources
1 November 2008
The fifth version of the Gay.Ge website was launched. In contrast with the previous version, which offered only a discussion board, the new v...
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Georgia: Homophobia used in war propaganda
20 August 2008
სSocioeconomic crises and, especially, war often witness a worsening of social phobias. The Georgia-Russia war this August was no exception. T...
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Georgia: Trainings/visits
6 August 2008
Employees of the foundation, as well as representatives of partner organizations and volunteers took part in various training seminars this year...
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Georgia: Inclusive Foundation getting stronger
30 July 2008
The number of people participating in meetings organized by the Inclusive Foundation is gradually increasing. From the beginning of the year through July, some 20 discussions, film showings and women'...
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World: United Nations
22 July 2008
On 21-22 July, 2008, the UN's Economic and Social Cultural Council (ECOSOCC) granted two more LBGT organizations the consultative status. The Ne...
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World: Eurobarometer
16 July 2008
The latest Eurobarometer findings were published on 16 July. The study reflects the latest tendencies of discrimination in EU countries. 72-73 p...
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World: Horizontal directive
2 July 2008
On 2 July, after lengthy debates, the European Commission passed the so-called "horizontal directive" banning discrimination outside the workpla...
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Georgia: Statistics
1 July 2008
With the help of the Heinrich Boell Foundation, Me magazine became bilingual (Georgian-English) in 2008. Its overall readership has increased...
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Georgia: Seventh issue of first Georgian LGBT magazine "Me" was published
23 June 2008
The seventh issue of first Georgian LGBT magazine "Me" is published and available online in publications' section....
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World: Memorial
27 May 2008
In Berlin's Tiergarten Park, near the Brandenburg gate and the Bundestag, a memorial was unveiled commemorating ...
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World: Freedom of assembly and expression
24 May 2008
In Moldova's neighbour, Romania, some 200 activists in the capital, Bucharest, managed to conduct a pride march without incident. The pol...
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World: Freedom of assembly and expression
11 May 2008
The Moldovan LGBT organization Gender-Doc M. unsuccessfully attempted to hold a peaceful rally. The rally was in support of an anti-discrim...
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World: Courts
1 April 2008
The European Court of Justice made an important ruling in the case of Tadao Maruko vs VddB (pension scheme for German theatres). Mar...
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Georgia: Human rights
18 March 2008
On 14 October 2007 the leadership of the Rustavi 2 TV company forced Bar 4 (formerly known as "Geobar") reality show contestant Pako...
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Georgia: Initiatives
15 February 2008
The Inclusive Foundation gave recommendations for joint projects presented by an initiative group for cooperation with COC Netherlands. The i...
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Georgia: Human rights
23 January 2008
In September of last year representatives of the Inclusive Foundation presented a report to a monitoring committee of the Parliamentary Assemb...
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Georgia: Human Rights
23 January 2008
Representatives of the Inclusive Foundation attended the winter session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg and...
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World: Courts
22 January 2008
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled in favour of E.B. in the case E.B. vs France. The reason for the appeal was the French...
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Georgia: Magazine
18 January 2008
With support from the Heinrich Boell Foundation, our publication has become bilingual (Georgian-English) and thus accessible to readers...
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Georgia: Sixth issue of "Me" magazine was published
12 December 2007
The sixth issue of "Me" magazine is published and available online in publications' section....
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World: International Forum
28 October 2007
Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, hosted this year's 11th Annual Conference of ILGA-Europe, in which some 200 represen...
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World: Poland
26 October 2007
In a snap parliamentary election on 21 October, the ruling party of the Kaczynski brothers suffered defeat. The leader of the victoriou...
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Georgia: Media
13 October 2007
Rustavi2's show of shows, Bar 4, kicked off its fourth season... but it ended immediately and abruptly for one of its contestants. Pako Tabat...
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Georgia: Development of the movement
27 September 2007
On 23-27 September 2007 the Inclusive Foundation hosted an international training on organizational development. The main theme of the train...
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World: ILGA/COC report on Georgia
16 September 2007
ILGA-Europe and the Dutch LBG association COC Netherlands have published a joint report on the situat...
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World: Justice
11 September 2007
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has ruled on the appeal of Lithuanian Citizen L, who was not allowed to undergo sex reas...
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Georgia: International contacts
11 September 2007
The foundation took part in a meeting of NGO representatives with a CoE monitoring group charged with overseeing the fulfillment by member states of obligations undertaken upon joining the Council of ...
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Georgia: Media
16 August 2007
The Alia newspaper once again attempted to ignite a scandal concerning LBGT issues when it disseminated yet another piece of inaccurate inform...
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Georgia: Fifth issue of "Me" magazine
14 August 2007
Due to two reasons the main topic of the issue is homophobia. First, May 17th is marked as the International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO...
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Georgia: LGBT Group
14 August 2007
In order to strengthen activities in the field of women's empowerment, the foundation gave a recommendation to the Women's Initiatives Support...
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World: United Nations
21 July 2007
Since ILGA Europe, German and Danish LGBT organizations were granted a consultative status by the UN ECOSOC, two other groups were pursuing ...
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Georgia: Media
17 July 2007
Georgian media did not abandon tradition to slenderize the lGBT issues and after information on "planned" and then "failed&q...
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World: Turkey
13 July 2007
Turkish laws leave room for termination of LGBT activists' work in the country. This was a real threat for Kaos GL in 2005, when official re...
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Georgia: Website
30 June 2007
We would like to offer a short update of our website statistics. As of end of June, the website was viewed by more than 5000 unique visitors....
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Georgia: New initiatives
30 June 2007
Cooperation with ILGA Europe enters another phase that entails publication of studies carried out by the Foundation. Publication entit...
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Georgia: Media
1 June 2007
Hot Chocolate magazine had also devoted an article to the topic of homophobia. In the article journalist reviews homophobic statement...
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World: 17th of May was widely celebrated across the globe
17 May 2007
On May 17th of 1990, World Health Organization removed homosexuality from the list of mental illnesses. This significant change was commemorate...
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Georgia: Fourth issue of "Me" magazine was published
17 May 2007
The fourth issue of "Me" magazine is published and available online in publications' section....
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Georgia: May 17th is the International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO)
16 May 2007
Heinrich Böll Foundation hosted a public discussion on Homophobia as social problem. Presenters covered cultural and human rights aspect...
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Georgia: Media
16 May 2007
Georgian Public Broadcaster has rejected plan to screen the documentary covering LGBT rights violations and entitled "Rainbow's End"....
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Georgia: Media
15 May 2007
New issue of Ombudsman Office's "Solidarity" magazine is out. The issue accommodates article on homophobia that was prepared as a result of discussion carried among experts on LGBT issues. ...
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Georgia: Health
5 May 2007
The first phase of segment specific study of sexual behavior among LGBT was completed. Series of focus group discussions and in-depth inter...
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World: Justice
3 May 2007
The European Court of Human Rights delivered extremely fast judgment regarding the case Baczkowski and Others vs. Poland. Group of LG...
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Georgia: Health
25 April 2007
Inclusive Foundation initiated a round table dedicated to HIV/AIDS prevention issue. Particularly, the discussions addressed specifics of work w...
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Georgia: New initiatives
10 April 2007
Recommended by Inclusive Foundation, initiative project by Women Initiatives’ Supporting Group (WISG) was supported by COC Netherlands. Projec...
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Georgia: Inclusive Foundation website
31 March 2007
"Me" magazine reader was informed about launching of the Foundation's website in previous issue. This product also seems to be a s...
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World: Press Release
29 March 2007
UN launched groundbreaking principles on sexual orientation, gender identity, and human rights
"Yogyakarta Principles", launched by UN Human Rights Council on March 26 Call for Action Wo...
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Georgia: International Dimension
26 March 2007
Foundation's and partner organizations' representatives participated in various trainings in frames of the PRECIS project. Trainings focused...
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World: Yogyakarta principles
26 March 2007
Yogyakarta Principles were announced during UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva. Principles that address a broad range of internat...
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Georgia: Studies
15 March 2007
Qualitative study of LGBT community sexual behavior was initiated by partner organization Tanadgoma within the frames of PRECIS project. ...
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Georgia: Campaign
15 March 2007
Inclusive Foundation actively partakes in Council of Europe "All Different, All Equal" campaign. Foundation's office hosted the seco...
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World: UN opening up
15 March 2007
Since Norway's statement supported by 54 states and granting consultative status to ILGA-Europe, German and Danish LGBT organizations by ECOSOC ...
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World: Witch-hunting continued in Poland
13 March 2007
Human Rights Watch released a protest letter to the twin brother of the Polish president, Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski. Letter reflecte...
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Georgia: Media
9 March 2007
Local media still pursues the sensational attitude to coverage of LGBT issues. In this situation, non-sensational interest by Georgi...
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Georgia: Media
7 March 2007
Tolerance Centre at the Public Defender's office of Georgia had organized a round table involving representatives of the Foundation and experts in different areas. Round table served as the informatio...
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World: Week Against Homophobia
5 March 2007
On March 3-5, Warsaw hosted Action Week Against Homophobia that was carried out in frames of Council of Europe "All Different, All...
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Georgia: უფლებები
18 February 2007
For the second time, Inclusive Foundation met the Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner. Regardless of the fact that the main topic of Com...
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Georgia: Community Empowerment
16 February 2007
Foundation resumed regular meetings of community members through Discussion and Movie Clubs. In addition to this, Foundation started a Women Cl...
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Georgia: Human Rights
15 February 2007
Important step forward was taken by the Public Defender Office of Georgia. Ombudsman, in its biannual human rights report to the Parliament of Georgia, allotted 7 pages on LGBT rights mostly based on ...
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Georgia: Third issue of "Me" magazine was published
31 January 2007
The third issue of "Me" magazine is published and available online in publications' section....
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World: Eurobarometer of discrimination
23 January 2007
European Union – wide study of public opinion gave interesting outlook on the range of social issues. Only 30% of Europeans are aware...
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Georgia: International Dimension
3 January 2007
IF trained emerging initiative group in Baku, Azerbaijan. Strategy formulation workshop was conducted for the group members. During the wor...
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Georgia: International Dimension
30 December 2006
Already full-fledged members of the International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA), representatives of Inclusive Foundation took part in the...
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World: Europe Equals Equality
30 December 2006
Equality is a fundamental value, with which Europe is primarily associated. To highlight it, European Union announced 2007 as a year of equal opportunities for all. This certainly includes equality on...
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Georgia: Development Tendencies
30 December 2006
By means of local resource centre, Inclusive Foundation elaborated development strategy and started its application. Main strategy directions include four aspects: to reduce homophobia in society and...
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Georgia: Activities of the Foundation Assessed, Support Expressed
25 December 2006
Inclusive successfully coped with all the activities planned for 2006. 16 events were organized where discussions on different LGBT issues were held. Georgian and Canadian partners got involved in the...
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World: UN: Sexual Minorities Rights - Human Rights?
11 December 2006
In November 2007, Norway took the unprecedented step and impresively put sexual minority issues on the UN agenda. The Norwegian government worked out an appeal to the Human Rights Council, in which it...
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Georgia: Foundation’s Activities Provokes Interest in a Wider Public
27 November 2006
The second issue of the "Me" magazine was as nosiy as ever. On Tbilisi and Rustavi 2 internet forums few topics were launched to address the issue. The magazine received reviews from the TV ...
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World: ILGA-Europe is 10 years old and Georgia has been marked on the European LGBT map
30 October 2006
At the end of October 2006 the capital of Bulgaria, Sophia, hosted the 10th anniversary conference of ILGA-Europe. The ILGA itself count...
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Georgia: The First International LGBT Event in Georgia
14 October 2006
In October 2006 the Foundation hosted a workshop on HIV/AIDS prevention among sexual minorities. The workshop was conducted by experts of the Dutch organizations COC Netherlands and Schorer as well as...
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Georgia: Second issue of "Me" magazine was published
14 October 2006
The second issue of "Me" magazine is published and available online in publications' section....
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World: Latvia makes choice
22 September 2006
Why Latvia? Simply because in this Baltic country everything is improving more rapidly and intensively, rather than in many other Eastern E...
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World: Gay Games
8 September 2006
In August, Montréal hosted the largest LGBT conference and Gay Games. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour gave...
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World: European Parliament works on new anti-discrimination resolution
2 September 2006
Surveys conducted by IGLYO revealed that European LGBT youth is more discriminated and excluded than adults. In reply to mentioned tendency European Parliament Lesbian and Gay Intergroup members sta...
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World: Poland - European Citadel of Homophobia
31 August 2006
European Union actively tries to protect sexual minorities from discrimination, but often in vein. Poland, as a negative image of European ...
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Georgia: First Georgian LGBT Magazine and Organisation
10 August 2006
In a weektime from offical registration of the first LGBT organization - Inclusive Foundation by The Ministry of Justice of Georgia, first iss...
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Georgia: First issue of first Georgian LGBT magazine "Me" was published
8 August 2006
The first issue of first Georgian LGBT magazine "Me" is published and available online in publications' section....
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World: Council of Europe - Pandora’s Box for Quasi-democratic States
15 July 2006
Many countries could not realise depth of the call for democracy and human rights by Council of Europe to its member states. Banning of pride ma...
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World: Polish Government Received Criticism from the International Community
13 July 2006
Mr Miroslaw Sielatycki, Director of the Polish In-Service Teachers Training Centre was dismissed for his involvement in the publication in Poli...
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World: Latvia - EU Membership for Membership or a Democratic Choice
21 June 2006
Latvian Parliament reviewed amendments to the labour law. From final amendments to the labor law, ban of discrimination on the ground of sexual...
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Georgia: Lobbying
2 June 2006
Representatives of Inclusive Foundation held meetings with human rights organizations. Meetings with the Representative of Council of Europe in Georgia, Human Rights Commissioner, OSCE Human Rights Of...
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Georgia: May 17 - International Day Against Homophobia
28 May 2006
May 17th this year was the first time when the International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO) was marked in our country. The Foundation took ...
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World: For the Second Time World LGBT Movement Marked International Day Against Homophobia
17 May 2006
On May 17, in different countries of the world number of events were organised against homophobia. 16 years ago, exactly this day, World Hea...
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Georgia: LGBT Discrimination in Georgia
16 February 2006
The Survey, during which 120 persons filled in discrimination questionnaires carried out by Inclusive Foundation. It revealed that majority of the surveyed had experienced different types of violation...
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Georgia: Legislation and Media Survey
15 February 2006
With the support of COC Netherlands and ILGA-Europe Surveys on Georgian Legislation and Media in relation to LGBT issues were carried out. Results will be published as a brochures. Some interesting as...
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Georgia: ILGA-Europe/COC Netherlands: International Lesbian and Gay Association and the world’s oldest LGB organization visited Caucasus
28 January 2006
The year 2006 saw an interesting start - Representatives of The European region of the International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA-Europe) and Dutch National LGB Association (COC Netherlands) paid...
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