{"id":7648,"date":"2019-08-21T08:04:24","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T07:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hera.org.mk\/?page_id=7648"},"modified":"2021-05-05T14:54:20","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T13:54:20","slug":"lgbti","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hera.org.mk\/en\/shto-rabotime\/lgbti\/","title":{"rendered":"LGBTI"},"content":{"rendered":"

We want a <\/span>nation without discrimination<\/span><\/a> and we believe that <\/span>just because it\u2019s common, it<\/span><\/a> doesn\u2019t make it right<\/span> that LGBTI people live surrounded with stigma, discrimination and hate violence, with no response from the competent authorities or with their selective action.
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This is why the rights of the LGBTI community in <\/span>North Macedonia<\/span> have been in our focus ever since 2014. Together with <\/span>Coalition \u201cMargins\u201d<\/span><\/a> we have worked with the Commission for Protection against Discrimination, which in 2015 adopted the <\/span>Protocol Determining the Procedure for Processing Complaints of Discrimination on Grounds of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity<\/span><\/a>. Together with Coalition \u201cMargins\u201d and in cooperation with municipal stakeholders we have founded the local coordination bodies for protection against discrimination in Kumanovo, \u0160tip and Strumica, which adopted the <\/span>cooperation promotion protocols for the local mechanisms for protection against discrimination<\/span><\/a>. With the change of government, together with the members of the <\/span>National Network against Homophobia and Transphobia<\/span><\/a>, where we have played the role of the Secretariat since 2018, we initiated the setting up of the <\/span>All-Party Parliamentary Group<\/span> for the promotion of LGBTI rights in the Assembly and we organised a study visit<\/a> to the Netherlands regarding the rights of the LGBTI community. We participated in preparing and advocating the adoption of the Law on the Prevention and Protection against Discrimination<\/a>, which recognises gender identity and sexual orientation as grounds for protection against discrimination.<\/span><\/p>\n

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