Athena Forum https://athena-forum.eu/ Athena Forum is a European initiative working to safeguard and advance sex-based rights across law, policy and civil society, and to confront their misrepresentation in public discourse. We are a charitable non-profit organisation registered in Austria under ZVR 1734724768. EU Transparency Register ID: 0310985101056-85. Fri, 09 Oct 2026 18:58:18 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://athena-forum.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/cropped-athena-favicon-32x32.png Athena Forum https://athena-forum.eu/ 32 32 Debating gender identity in the Austrian parliament https://athena-forum.eu/updates/debating-gender-identity-in-the-austrian-parliament/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:13:08 +0000 https://athena-forum.eu/?p=5740 A landmark event brought together politicians, experts and civil society for an open and critical debate on gender identity, sex-based rights, the safeguarding of children and young people, and public policy.

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]]> Germany has the data: a 2,700% rise in genital surgeries and a shift towards younger patients https://athena-forum.eu/updates/germany-has-the-data-a-2700-rise-in-genital-surgeries-and-a-shift-towards-younger-patients/ Mon, 05 Oct 2026 16:40:00 +0000 https://athena-forum.eu/?p=5709 Germany has twenty years of data on medical transition. The numbers raise medical, ethical and legal questions that can no longer be ignored.

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]]> Taking the debate to parliament in Austria https://athena-forum.eu/updates/taking-the-debate-to-parliament-in-austria/ Thu, 24 Sep 2026 08:42:21 +0000 https://athena-forum.eu/?p=5700 On 1 October, we bring politicians, experts and civil society together at the Austrian Parliament to discuss European gender-identity policies.

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]]> Our report in German: Unter der Oberfläche https://athena-forum.eu/resources/our-report-in-german-unter-der-oberflache/ Tue, 22 Sep 2026 12:27:35 +0000 https://athena-forum.eu/?p=5686 One year after the publication of our original report, we are proud to make Beneath the Surface available in German.

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]]> Women’s health: 27 years of waiting for the wrong resolution https://athena-forum.eu/updates/womens-health-27-years-of-waiting-for-the-wrong-resolution/ Sun, 13 Sep 2026 21:15:05 +0000 https://athena-forum.eu/?p=5673 After 27 years of neglect, the European Parliament’s new women’s health resolution risks undermining the very sex-based approach women’s healthcare requires.

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]]> Trusted flaggers and sex-based rights: our response to the EU consultation https://athena-forum.eu/updates/trusted-flaggers-and-sex-based-rights-our-response-to-the-eu-consultation/ Mon, 13 Jul 2026 10:14:36 +0000 https://athena-forum.eu/?p=5618 Trusted flaggers play an influential role in online content moderation. We have submitted recommendations to the European Commission calling for DSA Guidelines that uphold sex-based rights, freedom of expression and democratic debate.

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]]> Helsinki Pride as a stage for hate: The targeting of medical researchers https://athena-forum.eu/updates/helsinki-pride-as-a-stage-for-hate-the-targeting-of-medical-researchers/ Mon, 06 Jul 2026 10:02:27 +0000 https://athena-forum.eu/?p=5594 At Helsinki Pride, radical transactivists carried a banner telling Finnish researchers to “go to hell”. The attacks raise a wider question: what happens to public debate when evidence is met not with argument, but with aggression and intimidation?

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]]> EU Pride Month: The institutional suspension of reality https://athena-forum.eu/updates/eu-pride-month-the-institutional-suspension-of-reality/ Fri, 26 Jun 2026 15:03:34 +0000 https://athena-forum.eu/?p=5569 From IDAHOBIT to Pride Month, European institutions speak the language of activism rather than that of law and democratic accountability. The result is an institutional culture that bears an uncomfortable resemblance to the fusion of ideology and public administration that Brussels spent years condemning elsewhere.

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]]> Jahrbuch Sexualitäten 2026 [German]: Interview with Faika El-Nagashi https://athena-forum.eu/media/jahrbuch-sexualitaten-2026-german-interview-with-faika-el-nagashi/ Wed, 17 Jun 2026 08:55:43 +0000 https://athena-forum.eu/?p=5579 An in-depth interview with Faika El-Nagashi for the Jahrbuch Sexualitäten 2026, covering the politics of sex, gender identity and the defence of sex-based rights in Europe.

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]]> Postoj [Slovak]: Trans dissident in Bratislava https://athena-forum.eu/media/postoj-slovak-trans-dissident-in-bratislava/ Fri, 12 Jun 2026 10:20:02 +0000 https://athena-forum.eu/?p=5588 Coverage of Athena Forum Director Faika El-Nagashi’s appearance at the Bratislava Hanus Days conference and the organisation’s work on sex-based rights and EU policy.

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