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Updates
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Pushing conversion therapy bans across Europe: Transactivist demands enabled by political indifference
The recent PACE debate on conversion therapy offers a case study in how international institutions manufacture “European consensus” on deeply contested… Read more →
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Expose the deception: Stop using lesbians and gays for ideological agendas
Statements opposing the proposed Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly resolution on conversion practices. Read more →
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Campaign: No child is born in the wrong body – remove gender identity from the CoE conversion therapy resolution
Urgent: Tell your MPs in the Council of Europe to reject gender identity in conversion therapy bans. Read more →
Media
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Spiked: How the Council of Europe could foist trans ideology on us all
Article on the upcoming Council of Europ vote on “conversion practices”, the UK Labour push to advance transactivist policies at the… Read more →
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Dagens Nyheter [Swedish]: Conflict within the Tidö coalition – and in the EU
Report on Sweden’s legal sex change law, EU self-ID plans and growing resistance to gender identity policies across Europe. Read more →
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Exxpress [German]: Former LGBT activist speaks out: Criticism is systematically suppressed
In-depth interview with Athena Forum co-founder Kurt Krickler on EU funding for transactivist groups and the political capture it enables. Read more →
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Athena Forum was founded in response to a growing political, institutional and societal shift across Europe: the erosion of sex-based rights through ideological capture, the suppression of dissent and debate and the striking absence of civil society organisations willing to confront this change.
We bring together legal, medical and policy experts, alongside academics, feminists, journalists and grassroots advocates — combining skills and expertise to ensure these rights remain visible, coherent and politically protected, while strengthening democratic accountability across European institutions.
The shift toward gender identity in European institutions has redefined foundational concepts of law, rights and democratic participation — often without clarity, consent or accountability.
We believe it is time to respond. Read more.
Publications
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Institutional and policy-driven lesbian erasure in Europe: our input to the UN Independent Expert on SOGI
Read our input to the thematic report on violence and discrimination experienced by “LBQ” women Read more →
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Briefing on conversion therapy bans: A deceptive label
Extending conversion therapy bans to gender identity and gender expression causes lasting harm under the guise of human rights protection. Read more →
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Athena Brief: The European Parliament Resolution on the EU Gender Equality Strategy
The European Parliament’s Resolution on the EU Gender Equality Strategy contains serious legal and conceptual flaws that risk undermining women’s rights… Read more →
