{"id":57047,"date":"2026-05-18T09:10:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T09:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eu4armenia.eu\/?p=57047"},"modified":"2026-05-19T08:38:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T08:38:32","slug":"international-day-against-homophobia-biphobia-and-transphobia-criminalisation-of-consensual-same-sex-relations-must-end-eu-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eu4armenia.eu\/hy\/international-day-against-homophobia-biphobia-and-transphobia-criminalisation-of-consensual-same-sex-relations-must-end-eu-says\/","title":{"rendered":"International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia: \u2018Criminalisation of consensual same-sex relations must end,\u2019 EU says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201c<em>Equality is not optional, it is the bedrock of free and resilient societies<\/em>,\u201d EU High Representative Kaja Kallas said in a statement ahead of the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, observed on 17 May.<\/p>\n<p>On behalf of the European Union, Kallas reaffirmed the Union\u2019s strong commitment to uphold the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights by LGBTI persons.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe are now witnessing a global pushback against universal human rights. Discrimination is intensifying, including on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity. 65 countries still criminalise consensual same-sex relations, in clear violation of international human rights law. This must end,\u201d<\/em> the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>The EU urged all states to repeal laws criminalising consensual same-sex relations and to halt the adoption of new discriminatory legislation targeting LGBTI persons: <em>\u201cEvery country should take the necessary steps to ensure that people are free to live their lives as they choose, without fear or persecution.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Kallas also said the EU would continue to support LGBTI civil society organisations and human rights defenders, including through sustained and predictable funding.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Find out more<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.consilium.europa.eu\/en\/press\/press-releases\/2026\/05\/16\/international-day-against-homophobia-biphobia-and-transphobia-statement-by-the-high-representative-on-behalf-of-the-european-union-2026\/\">Press release<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/euneighbourseast.eu\/news\/latest-news\/international-day-against-homophobia-biphobia-and-transphobia-criminalisation-of-consensual-same-sex-relations-must-end-eu-says\/\">International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia: \u2018Criminalisation of consensual same-sex relations must end,\u2019 EU says<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/euneighbourseast.eu\">EU NEIGHBOURS east<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cEquality is not optional, it is the bedrock of free and resilient societies,\u201d EU High Representative Kaja Kallas said in a statement ahead of the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, observed on 17 May. On behalf of the European Union, Kallas reaffirmed the Union\u2019s strong commitment to uphold the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights by LGBTI persons. \u201cWe are now witnessing a global pushback against universal human rights. Discrimination is intensifying, including on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity. 65 countries still criminalise consensual same-sex relations, in clear violation of international human rights law.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/euneighbourseast.eu\/news\/latest-news\/international-day-against-homophobia-biphobia-and-transphobia-criminalisation-of-consensual-same-sex-relations-must-end-eu-says\/\">International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia: \u2018Criminalisation of consensual same-sex relations must end,\u2019 EU says<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/euneighbourseast.eu\">EU NEIGHBOURS east<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":57048,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[507,5],"tags":[],"topic":[],"class_list":["post-57047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eu4armenia.eu\/hy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eu4armenia.eu\/hy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eu4armenia.eu\/hy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eu4armenia.eu\/hy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eu4armenia.eu\/hy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57047"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/eu4armenia.eu\/hy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57090,"href":"https:\/\/eu4armenia.eu\/hy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57047\/revisions\/57090"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eu4armenia.eu\/hy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eu4armenia.eu\/hy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eu4armenia.eu\/hy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eu4armenia.eu\/hy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57047"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eu4armenia.eu\/hy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=57047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}