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. Mon, 06 Jul 2026 17:27:13 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 https://athena-forum.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/cropped-athena-favicon-32x32.png Athena Forum https://athena-forum.eu/ 32 32 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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]]> Marker [Slovakian]: Transcritical feminist: Conservative MEPs have no idea about genderism https://athena-forum.eu/media/marker-slovakian-transcritical-feminist-conservative-meps-have-no-idea-about-genderism/ Thu, 11 Jun 2026 09:28:34 +0000 https://athena-forum.eu/?p=5585 Interview in the Slovak magazine Marker with Athena Forum Director Faika El-Nagashi on feminist and LGB critiques of gender identity ideology, and efforts to engage European policymakers on the issue.

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]]> Advocacy visit to Brussels: Democratic courage and the end of ‘no debate’ in the EU https://athena-forum.eu/updates/advocacy-visit-to-brussels-democratic-courage-and-the-end-of-no-debate-in-the-eu/ Fri, 15 May 2026 17:35:00 +0000 https://athena-forum.eu/?p=5543 Our visit to Brussels revealed a political climate shaped by fear, silenced debate and legal incoherence.

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]]> Reformatorisch Dagblad [Dutch]: Gender-affirming youth care can make parents desperate https://athena-forum.eu/media/reformatorisch-dagblad-dutch-gender-affirming-youth-care-can-make-parents-desperate/ Mon, 04 May 2026 08:52:47 +0000 https://athena-forum.eu/?p=5540 Opinion article by Marianne Driessen of Athena Forum in the Dutch newspaper Reformatorisch Dagblad on the impact of “gender-affirming care” on families.

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]]> Two things can be wrong at the same time: Orbán’s bans and the CJEU ruling https://athena-forum.eu/updates/two-things-can-be-wrong-at-the-same-time-orbans-bans-and-the-cjeu-ruling/ Sun, 26 Apr 2026 17:38:17 +0000 https://athena-forum.eu/?p=5526 Governments should not restrict freedom of expression, assembly and association – and courts should not adopt contested ideological language in their reasoning; neither amounts to a defence of values.

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]]> The end of silencing: EU-funded research should not defame or harm women’s rights https://athena-forum.eu/updates/the-end-of-silencing-eu-funded-research-should-not-defame-or-harm-womens-rights/ Thu, 26 Mar 2026 19:38:17 +0000 https://athena-forum.eu/?p=5456 The EU is funding projects that frame women’s rights defenders as “anti-gender”, undemocratic and fascist-adjacent.

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]]> Podcast [Norwegian]: You can be punished for telling the truth https://athena-forum.eu/media/podcast-norwegian-you-can-be-punished-for-telling-the-truth/ Sun, 22 Mar 2026 06:35:55 +0000 https://athena-forum.eu/?p=5518 Podcast discussion on gender identity debate and freedom of expression in Norway.

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]]> De Gelderlander [Dutch]: Teach children what ‘sex’ is, not ‘gender’, because that is a Trojan horse https://athena-forum.eu/media/de-gelderlander-dutch-teach-children-what-sex-is-not-gender-because-that-is-a-trojan-horse/ Sat, 21 Mar 2026 20:45:57 +0000 https://athena-forum.eu/?p=5506 Opinion piece in De Gelderlander arguing that schools should teach biological sex rather than gender identity concepts.

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