The new amendment of the Article 39 of the Law on the Provision of Information to the Public has been voted during the plenary session of the Lithuanian Parliament (Seimas) in June, 16^th. The legal text now outlaws discrimination based on sexual orientation in advertisements instead of fining any representation of a sexual orientation or its promotion.

24 April 2011, Malaysia – A State of the Federal Republic of Malaysia has decided that if a child’s behavior is feminine it must be corrected by force of arms.

The government of Kuala Lumpur has just set up a sort of camp to “correct” those children who behaves in a too feminine way. Though some days of religious and physical ri-education, they will be able to “recuper” their male identity and not to become gay in the future.

20 April 2011, Hungary - Two days ago the Hungarian Parliament passed a right wing project of the new Hungarian Constitution which is the subject of serious discussions among lawyers, left wing politicians, human rights nongovernmental organizations and the European Commission with respect to its compatibility with EU human rights regulations. 

Dublin, Ireland 19 Apr 2011 - Louise Hannon, is the first transgender worker to sucessfully rely upon the Employment Equality Act for discrimination on grounds of transsexualism. The Equality Tribunal awarded €35,422.71 in compensaton having found that she was discriminated against on the basis of gender and disability.

The revision of the French 1958 Constitution in 2008 introduced a new Republican institution, the Defender of rights. It shall succeed to the present equality bodies, including the HALDE.

[by SOS Homophobie, J. Lizé] Créteil, France, 28 Jan 2011 – The section in the French Penal Code providing for aggravated penalties for homophobia motivated crime which became law in 2003 has not been used until now. The trial of those charged with the attempted murder of Bruno Wiel before the Court of Créteil will set a historic precedent for LGBT rights.

Turkey, 2 Feb 2011 – The following statement was released by a number of LGBT organisiations in Turkey condemning the removeal of sexual identity from the draft law on combatting discrimination.

“We have learned that Justice and Development Party ( AKP ) Government removed “sexual identity” phrase from the Draft Law on Combatting Discrimination and Equality Committee.