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Article: ‘Gender identity’ is granted legal protection as fact. It should instead be protected under freedom of religion or belief.
Granting “gender identity” legal protection as fact represents a category error with far-reaching implications. Read more →
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Podcast: Tales from the StrasBorg
An inside look at how the Council of Europe vote on “conversion practices” played out in practice. Read more →
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Exxpress [German]: EU pushes through trans agenda in empty chamber – Austrian People’s Party abstains
Coverage of the adoption of the Council of Europe resolution on “conversion practices” and Athena Forum’s critique. Read more →
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Subjekt [Norwegian]: ‘Gender identity’ is granted legal protection as fact. It should instead be protected under freedom of religion or belief.
Norwegian magazine Subjekt publishes guest commentary by Athena expert Anne Kalvig arguing that “gender identity” as legal concept undermines legal principles. Read more →
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Prime News [Greek]: Council of Europe: Call for a pan-European ban on conversion practices related to gender identity
Greek article on the Council of Europe’s call for a pan-European ban on “conversion practices”. Read more →
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Brussels Signal: Council of Europe expands definition of ‘conversion practices’ to include questioning of gender identity
Brussels Signal reports on a Council of Europe resolution that treats questioning a child’s gender identity as a “conversion practice”. Read more →
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Podcast: Reports of conversion therapy are “completely exaggerated”
Interview with Athena Forum co-founder Kurt Krickler, a pioneer of the European lesbian and gay rights movement, about how activists use… Read more →
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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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Brussels Signal: Council of Europe wants to make questioning gender identity illegal
Report on the Council of Europe vote on “conversion practices”, highlighting Athena Forum’s campaign urging delegates to vote no. Read more →
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Kurier [German]: Noone is in the wrong body.
Interview and podcast on setting boundaries to transactivist demands, protecting women’s spaces and raising the minimum age for hormonal and medical… Read more →
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