| 29.04.2010 | Council of
Europe 
Parliamentary Assembly
strongly condemns discrimination against LGBT people
At the end of a debate on
discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender
identity, the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly
(PACE) condemned discrimination and called on European
States to guarantee equal rights, i.e. legal recognition and
equal treatment of same-sex partnerships and provide for the
possibility of "joint parental responsibility" for each
partner's children “bearing in mind the interests of
children”.
While pointing out
that the eradication of homophobia and transphobia
"requires political will" in member States, the
adopted text also asks that legislation and practice
guarantee the right of transgender persons to
"official documents that reflect their preferred
gender role" and the right of access to gender
reassignment treatment.
On the basis of the report drawn up by Andreas Gross
(Switzerland, SOC), the parliamentarians also voiced
concerns about violations of the freedom of
association and of expression of lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgender (LGBT) persons in a number
of Council of Europe member states and about "hate
speech by certain politicians, religious leaders and
other civil society representatives".
 
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