June 2021 – Euroviews Impact

Denmark

“Is it a fetish, or am I your cup of tea?” – transgender people face the daily obstacles in Copenhagen

8 June 20218 June 2021

Denmark, and its capital Copenhagen, is often seen as a safe space for LGBTQ+ individuals, including transgender people. After Ellen Elina got kicked out by her family and abandoned by her friends, the city ended up being just that for her. Now, she’s facing new obstacles in the health sector, her dating life and society at large.

Lithuania

LGBT Faces of Lithuania

Marie Vandenhirtz

8 June 20218 June 2021

Can Berk Cebeci and Mantas MajauskasPhoto: Marie Vandenhirtz They both agree: The hardest part was school. “Nobody likes what’s going on at school. If you’re...

Lithuania

“As Long as we Have been Invisible, it was Fine”

Marie Vandenhirtz

8 June 20218 June 2021

How the LGBT community fights its way into visibility in a post-soviet country “Thank God it’s Friday,” Tomas Vytautas Raskevičius seems relieved. It has been a...

Denmark

Is Denmark the transgender paradise it strives to be? A reality-check.

Isabell

8 June 202110 June 2021

by Isabell Gielisch Denmark is often described as one of the most progressive countries when it comes to its legal framework regarding transgender persons: Especially in...

Germany

Germany: How journalists are threatened by the rise of right-wing extremism

Danai Konstantopoulou

8 June 20218 June 2021

By Isidora Hernández & Danai Konstantopoulou Violence and crimes linked to right-wing ideology in Germany have peaked in the last two years as presented last...

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland six months post-Brexit: the protocol in practice and how it’s going

Simone Stampe Dreessen

8 June 20218 June 2021

https://youtu.be/t12OZ6dlHbc A brief explanation of why no one wants a hard border on the island of Ireland. In January 2021 the UK effectively left the...