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Reorganisation of the Child-Focused Literacy System

By Costa Gavrielides

Reorganisation of the Child-Focused Literacy System
IMR 's recent research for SIGMA is becoming a useful source of knowledge on the multifaceted issue of childbearing and same-sex families. There is no reason to stigmatise the research. Through the results of the survey, it is important to recognize the positive elements that...
25/10/2023 22:52:19 - Comments
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Homophobic attack on CUT: You do not scare us

By Costa Gavrielides

Homophobic attack on CUT: You do not scare us
Yesterday's homophobic attack at the Cyprus University of Technology (CEPAK) in Limassol is an act of brutal violence which, not only as Advisor to the President of the Republic of Cyprus on Multiculturalism and Diversity issues, but especially as a member of the LGBTQ+ community, I condemn...
23/02/2023 10:36:06 - Comments
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Averof Neophytou's 20 Proposals for the LGBTQI+ Community

By Costa Gavrielides

Averof Neophytou's 20 Proposals for the LGBTQI+ Community
We are pleased to see political leaders taking the concerns of the LGBTQ+ community seriously and so the publication of the updated responses to the Accept-LGBTI Cyprus questionnaire last Monday 30 January 2023 was met with a mixture of relief and surprise ...
03/02/2023 16:26:00 - Comments
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Yes, a boy can love a boy and a girl a girl.

By Costa Gavrielides

Yes, a boy can love a boy and a girl a girl.
Since last week there has been an intense public debate regarding THOC's production "Around the world in eighty days" directed by Marios Kakoullis. 

Ex...
13/12 /2022 17:45:00 - Comments
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The Legal Gender Recognition Bill is submitted to the Parliament

By Costa Gavrielides

The Legal Gender Recognition Bill is submitted to the Parliament
The Minister of Justice and Public Order, Stefi Drakou, announced yesterday at the Cyprus Pride March 2022 the promotion to the Parliament for the adoption of the bill for the Legal Recognition of Gender Identity after the recent...
26/09/2022 18:17:52 - Comments
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Marriage discrimination for Cypriot citizens of two categories

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Marriage discrimination for Cypriot citizens of two categories
The Parliament approved the day before yesterday, July 14, 2022, the proposal of the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works to hold civil weddings in nine archaeological sites, museums and castles. The aim of this movement is to enhance the visibility of our cultural heritage.
 

Many congratulations for...
16/07/2022 15:11:30 - Comments
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Goodbye Marina Galanou

By Costa Gavrielides

Goodbye Marina Galanou
It is with great sadness that I was informed today of the news of the death of Marina Galanou.

Marina Galanou was the dynamic president of the Transgender Support Association in Greece with intense active activist activity in support of trans rights for decades. She was the editor of the publishing house ...
09/10/2021 02:04:44 - Comments
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Novartis second LGBTI+ training course

By Costa Gavrielides

Novartis second LGBTI+ training course
It is very positive that, globally, more and more companies recognise the need to accept and integrate diversity in the workplace. 

Although we are still in very early stages in Cyprus, lately fortunately we are seeing this increased interest in our country as well. All... you're going to have
15/07/2021 19:11:11 - Comments
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Meeting with the S.A. Ambassador of the Netherlands Elke Merks-Schaapveld

Meeting with the S.A. Ambassador of the Netherlands Elke Merks-Schaapveld

By Costa Gavrielides

In a friendly atmosphere, we had a meeting today with the S.A. Ambassador of the Netherlands, Mrs. Elke Merks-Schaapveld. The main objective of the meeting was to inform Mrs Merks-Schaapveld about the situation of LGBTI+ rights in Cyprus. 

Among other things, reference was made to the conviction of ...
09/07/2021 19:10:56 - Comments
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Launch of equal rights coalition's five-year LGBTI+ strategy

Launch of equal rights coalition's five-year LGBTI+ strategy

By Costa Gavrielides

The Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cornelius Cornelius, represented Cyprus this week at the online launch of the LGBTI+ Strategy of the Equal Rights Coalition (ERC), to which Cyprus has been a member since 2018. 

Basic...
08/07/2021 21:35:44 - Comments
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