ILGA-Europe
Also known as European Region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
ILGA-Europe is the European region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA World). It is an advocacy group promoting the interests of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) people, at the European level. Its membership comprises more than 500 organisations from throughout Europe and Central Asia. The association enjoys consultative status at the United Nations Economic and Social Council and participatory status at the Council of Europe.
Key facts
- Organization.name
- ILGA-Europe
- Organization.image
- ILGA-Europe logo.svg
- Organization.caption
- framelessAilbhe Smyth at the 2018 ILGA conference
- Organization.purpose
- lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) rights
- Organization.headquarters
- Brussels, Belgium
- Organization.region_served
- 47 countries in the Council of Europe; Belarus, Kosovo and Central Asia
- Organization.membership
- 500+ member organisations
- Organization.leader_title
- Executive Director
- Organization.leader_name
- Evelyne Paradis
- Organization.main_organ
- ILGA
- Organization.num_staff
- 24
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- History
- Current work
- Rainbow Europe
- International Intersex Forum
- References
- Further reading
- External links
ILGA-Europe is the European region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA World). It is an advocacy group promoting the interests of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) people, at the European level. Its membership comprises more than 500 organisations from throughout Europe and Central Asia. The association enjoys consultative status at the United Nations Economic and Social Council and participatory status at the Council of Europe.
==History== ILGA-Europe was founded in 1996, when its parent organisation, the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association, established separate regions. It took over responsibility for supporting the development of the LGBT movement in Europe including Transgender Europe, Inter-LGBT, and for relationships with the European Union, Council of Europe and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.