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Its role helps to establish a nations scored in the 20 percentile with Jesse Monteagudo • Tony Adams With “Change: Communities Mobilizing, bridge for people from various countries discrimination in laws directed at LGBTI Correspondents Movements Rising” being the theme of this throughout Europe and other parts of families being prevalent, no marriage Dori Zinn • Donald Cavanaugh • Christiana Lilly year’s conference, a presence of over four the world who might not have otherwise equality or registered partnership laws in • Denise Royal • Sean McShee • David-Elijah hundred European delegates, along with one shared ties or similarities with outside of effect, and LGBTI victims of hate crimes and Nahmod Canadian and thirty five American delegates, oppression. hate speech not being protected by laws, and Contributing Columnists assembled to share unique stories detailing A Rainbow Map published each year by limited legal gender recognition and bodily Brian McNaught • Dana Rudolph • Ric Reily • both successes and challenges in European ILGA-Europe serves as an outline for the integrity measures in place. Terri Schlichenmeyer LGBT matters, and to strategize for progress. human rights situation of LGBTI people The worst scored countries for equality Associate Photographers The selected venue location of Warsaw throughout Europe. The map scores nations on the Rainbow Map were Armenia with Carina Mask • Pompano Bill • Steven Shires was symbolic to the conference theme according to various measures related to a 7 percent score followed by Russia with Sales & Marketing given the history of Warsaw as a seat of Equality and Non-Discrimination, Family, a 6 percent score and Azerbaijan scoring Director of Sales & Marketing • Mike Trottier [email protected] resistance during WWII where a large Hate Crimes and Hate Speech, Legal Gender 5 percent indicating severe violations of Sales Manager • Justin Wyse majority of its citizens rose against Nazi Recognition and Bodily Integrity, Civil human rights and discrimination of LGBTI [email protected] German occupation during the 1944 Warsaw Society Space and Asylum. communities. Advertising Sales Associate • Edwin Neimann [email protected] Uprising. As of May 2017 the nation of Malta led Conversion Therapy, a pseudo science Sales Assistant / Classifieds • Tim Higgins By 1945, close to 90 percent of the city the rest of Europe with a score of 88 percent, false therapy that has been debunked by the [email protected] was destroyed in retaliation by Nazi German followed by Norway with a score of 78 percent American Psychological Association, claims Distribution Services • Rocky Bowell forces. The conference venue took place and the United Kingdom with a score of 73 to “cure” LGBTI people and change their in the heart of what used to be the Warsaw percent. With regard to Marriage Equality, sexual orientation to heterosexual and/or National Advertising Ghetto. only Norway has legalized it nationally; with change their gender identity. Rivendell Media 212-242-6863 A. 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In the U.K. happens when prejudice and hate take over, Registered Partnerships for LGBTIMEMBER people. the National Health Service as well as all but also evidence of the unprecedented role Another area that differed among the top major counseling and psychotherapy bodies fear and indifference plays in oppression. scoring countries for LGBTI equality was have condemned Conversion Therapy and Our history teaches us that to achieve real asylum. In all three countries laws exist for signed a Memorandum of Understanding in SFGN INNER of change we need to stand together. We need asylum seekers based on sexual orientation. October 2017. W & 3 FLORIDA PRESS CLUB Awards to mobilize.” In both Malta and Norway, laws are in place And runner-up for With mobilization being a current “buzz for asylum seekers based on genderMEMBER identity. 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