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11/12/2018

Watch Friedrich Naumann Foundation Southeast Europe film "We Are Here" - a documentary about -rights in Bulgaria! With its premiere FNF has commemorated Human Rights day!

Documentary about the LGBTI-rights in Bulgaria last 10 years. LGBTI-rights are human right.

03/09/2018

Calling on Guatemalan legislators to reject the bill, Frank van Dalen, Chair of Liberal International’s LGBTI-Workgroup, has condemned it as undermining for the rights of women and LGBT people in the country. “Instead of adopting a law further discriminating women and LGBTI-people and fuelling religious -based hatred, Guatemalan legislators should create equal rights for all and stop cherry-picking on international human rights legislation which is binding for Guatemala”.

Chair of LI LGBTI Rights Working Group Frank Van Dalen has slammed Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales' latest move to curb the rights of women and the LGBTI minority in the country by pushing for the adoption of the Life and Family Protection Bill.

28/06/2018

Frank van Dalen, chairman of the LGBTI workgroup of Liberal International wrote an article about the global trends in the Pride Movement and touches on the role Liberal Parties and LI plays.

Africa, America, Asia, Continent, English, Europe, Gender Equality, Human Rights, Language, Middle East, Topics, World What is Visible Cannot be Ignored: Global Trends in the Pride Movement by Frank van Dalenon 27th June 2018Follow 0 A boat on one of the canals of Amsterdam at the 201...

08/03/2018

The men-fashion company Suitsupply distributed over 5.000 marketing posters all over the Netherland. These posters showcased a diversity of male-couples kissing or holding each other. Numerous posters got vandalized. For Liberal International full member VVD reason enough to counter these acts with it's own poster campaign with the title "Who is defending our freedom" making a choice between "Doing" and "Coward vandal" connecting with the political currently run for upcoming municipal elections.

Posters bekladden en bushokjes vernielen vanwege een kus: absolute waanzin. In Nederland mag je zijn wie je bent en houden van wie je wilt. Daar zijn wij trots op. Die vrijheid zullen wij altijd verdedigen.

27/10/2017

While discussing human rights at the executive meeting of LI in Johannesburg, chair of the LGBTI-workgroup and member of the human rights committee of Liberal International will address the pride crowd that will march the streets of Johannesburg on Saturday.

Johannesburg Pride is pleased to anounce LGBTQ+ activist, known for his global presence, we welcome him onstage before the pride march.

22/08/2017

Liberal Political Parties Venstre and Radikale Venstre supporting the Copenhagen Pride Week 2017 with a special welcome organised by Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen. Interviews for the upcoming LGBT Bulletin conducted by Frank van Dalen, Chair of the LGBTI Working Group of Liberal International with Venstre Minister for Equality Karen Elleman and Radikale Venstre Party Leader and former Minister Sofie Carsten Nielsen and more constructive meetings with International Officer for Radikale Venstre Mette Annelie Rasmussen.

28/07/2017

Chair of LI LGBTI Rights Working Group Frank van Dalen has slammed President Donald J. Trump's ban on transgender people serving in the US military as an open attack on the LGBTI community.

Calling on President Trump to uphold the fundamental values upon which the United States of America was built he said: “As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump said he would fight for the LGBTI community. This week President Trump has taken up arms against us.

Denying Americans the possibility to pursue the career and life they want because of how they express their identity flies in the face of the Founding Fathers’ ideals, which famously demand that Americans have the right to the pursuit of happiness.

Donald Trump’s callous assault on transgender personnel in the United States’ military must leave many other vulnerable and minority groups in America asking who will be next.

As chairman of the Liberal International LGBTI working group, I urge President Trump to honour the obligations he made before his election and in so doing uphold the values of his great country – in particular, that all men (and women) are equal, regardless of their gender identity.”

19/06/2017

IFLRY about Pride by Krijn VE

In our generation pride parades are considered by some people to be a capitalistic celebration, as it is all about drinks, branded underwear, rainbow products and “dirty” corporate sponsors. For some other people there is no need to organize pride parades as the LGBTQI+ Community has acquired “enoug...

07/06/2017

Chair of LI LGBTI Working Group Frank van Dalen has called on the Mayor of Sofia, Йорданка Фандъкова - Yordanka Fandakova, to protect the rights of the LGBTI community in light of the news that Sofia Pride is in danger. The statement was prompted after a number of different anti-LGBTI incidents in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, which as it has recently emerged has allowed a so-called "clean up" action by the ultra nationalist group "National Resistance" on the same day and place as the annual Gay Pride in the city.

To read the full statement please follow the link below:
http://www.liberal-international.org/site/LI_LGBTI_WG_Chair_Calls_on_the_Mayor_of_Sofia_to_Protect_the_LGBTI_Community.html

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24/05/2017

Great news from Taiwan.

Although the ruling by the Council of Grand Justices fails to resolve the dilemma between amending the Civil Code or enacting of a special act, many of the reasons listed by the judges to support t…