Resources

This space is created for you to provide information on resources you think are relevant and useful to LGBT people and their rights in Europe and you want others to know about them. These can anything from printed materials such as reports, books, magazines, posters to other visual materials as videos, CDs, DVDs etc.

Queer in Europe

"Queer in Europe"
A three-day International Research Symposium
13-15 September 2008
Centre for the Interdisciplinary Study of Sexuality and Gender in  Europe
University of Exeter
Keynote speakers:
Del LaGrace Volcano and Ulrika Dahl (Södertörn University College,  Sweden)
Marie-Hélène Bourcier (University of Lille, France)
Tim Dean (SUNY Buffalo, USA)
Gert Hekma (University of Amsterdam, NL)
The draft programme and registration forms can be found at:
http://www.sall.ex.ac.uk/conferences/queer-in-europe
(Scroll down to the bottom of the page to download a PDF of the  programme, a
registration form, and other information.)
If you have enquiries about registration and other practical  issues, please email
Amanda Edmondson ( A.J.Edmondson@exeter.ac.uk ),  the conference's research administrator.
For questions about the academic content of the programme, please  email the
organisers: Lisa Downing ( L.M.Downing@exeter.ac.uk ) and  Robert Gillett
( R.M.Gillett@qmul.ac.uk ).

GAYLESPOL - 4th European Gay Police Association Conference

The 4th European Gay Police Association conference (GAYLESPOL) is due to take place in Barcelona, Spain, from 2nd to 4th July 2008.

Conference venue: Collegi Major Sant Jordi, Barcelona

The conference will examine i.a. the following subjects:

  • The situation of gays and lesbians in Europe
  • Religion, faith and hate crimes
  • Exchange of good practice examples of the different police forces in Europe, based on non-discrimination and sexual diversity
  • Lives in the darkness: police repression during Franco's regime
  • Creation of public value through the management of diversity in police services

The conference programme is available on the GAYLESPOL website.

27 Pictures of Pride Photo Exhibition

With pictures from Gay Pride events around the EU the stark contrast between two different aspects of the festival will be highlighted. On the one hand, what a fantastic street party the parade is. On the other hand, the hatred and resistance that the Gay Pride parade continues to be met with from rock-throwing hooligans and narrow-minded politicians around Europe.

Christofer Fjellner, MEP cordially invites you to the photo exhibition

27 Pictures of Pride

opening 15th July 2008 at 6:00 p.m.

Bar Space, 3rd Floor, ASP Building
European Parliament, 60 Rue Wiertz, 1047 Brussels

Please confirm your participation at the opening by 8th July by e-mail to: christofer.fjellner-assistant3@europarl.europa.eu

The exhibition will run from 15th to 18th July 2008.

"Tutela della persona e orientamento sessuale. Strumenti, tecniche e strategie contro la discriminazione"

“Tutela della persona e orientamento sessuale. Strumenti, tecniche e strategie contro la discriminazione”

Bologna, 13 giugno 2008 , h. 14:00

Facoltà di Giurisprudenza – Via Zamboni 22

Patrocinato dalla Regione Emilia-Romagna e dalla Facoltà di Giurisprudenza dell’Università di Bologna e attributivo di 5 crediti formativi per avvocati e patrocinatori, il convegno organizzato dalCentro Europeo Studi sulla Discriminazione e Avvocatura per il diritti LGBT – Rete Lenford, ospiterà le riflessioni di costituzionalisti (Andrea Morrone e Diletta Tega), esperti di diritti umani (Robert Wintemute), giuslavoristi (Laura Calafà), magistrati (Maria Acierno), e organismi di parità (significativa la presenza dell’ Ufficio nazionale antidiscriminazioni razziali e dell’ Ombudsman svedese contro la discriminazione basata sull’orientamento sessuale ).

Esso costituirà l’occasione per continuare a riflettere sulle coordinate teoriche della discriminazione basata sull’orientamento sessuale, le sue manifestazioni concrete, le strategie di contrasto sulla base della normativa esistente. Costituirà inoltre momento di scambio di buone pratiche e di aggiornamento sulle novità giurisprudenziali e legislative, in particolare per quanto concerne le recenti proposte di legge contro l’istigazione a discriminare e la violenza omofoba.

Programma dell’iniziativa : volantino allegato

Registrazione : gratuita per il pubblico, 40€ per gli avvocati che intendano ottenere i crediti formativi.

Informazioni e iscrizioni : www.cesd.eu


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