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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11606
Contents Publication in full By article 16 / 20
SOCIAL AFFAIRS / Gender equality

Gay and lesbian roadmap adopted at last

On Friday 5 August, the European Commission finally adopted its roadmap on the rights of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender and intersex individuals (LGBTI).

This comes more than six moths after the text was unveiled, due to reluctance expressed by a number of member states (see EUROPE 11507).

In the document, the Commission pledges to introduce a series of actions to advance equality for LGBTI over the period 2016-2019.  The action covers domains in which such individuals may have...