Latest backlashes
Find more about the latest contestations of gender equality in countries across the Euro-Mediterranean region below.
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1 Jul 2022
Anti-LGBTQI+ social media campaign launched in Egypt
26 Jun 2022
An estimated 370 people violently arrested in Istanbul attending a Pride march on June 26.
25 Jun 2022
Lebanon's Interior Minister issues a memo urging security forces to crack-down on "queer events".
11 Jun 2022
Pride March at Middle East Technical University banned by rector; police forcibly break up university Pride March and arrest students
2 Jun 2022
Ministry of Culture prevents ‘Lesbian Diaries’ from being presented at International Book Fair
21 May 2022
Pride March at Boğaziçi University stopped by police and students detained
12 Mar 2022
Police target LGBTQI individuals’ phones in Egypt, Lebanon and Tunisia
3 Feb 2022
Police refuse to provide assistance to trans women victims of violence.
17 Dec 2021
Proposal to repeal LGBTQIA+ rights in the regional government of Madrid
1 Oct 2021
Backlash against Ministry of Education’s gender mainstreaming courses
30 Sep 2021