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By making sure the struggles and rights of all marginalised groups, including queer people, are never forgotten and always included in discussions, even when people think it is not relevant for the topic. Spoiler alert: it’s always relevant.

I will continue my fight for animals, humans, nature and our environment. I will always stand up against hatred and discrimination. That includes opposing legislation that seek to criminalise or suppress marginalised groups and minorities. The European Parliament needs to uphold human rights for everyone.

I will actively engage with the LGBTIQ+ community on all legislative proposals and initiatives I get to work on to ensure any potential impact on the community is identified and taken into account to ensure that no harm will be done to the community and that LGBTIQ+ rights are strengthened wherever possible

Fight for equal rights for everyone!

Commitment, visibility and possibly a committee.

Assuring that no-one is excluded, marginalised or overlooked in any new legislation.

Ik sta voor een vrij Europa, waarin iedereen zich vrij en veilig kan voelen, onafhankelijk van uiterlijk, gender of seksuele voorkeur!

In 2024, it’s unacceptable that anyone can’t be themselves. As a bisexual person, I am dedicated to supporting the LGBTQ+ community and ensuring everyone can live openly and authentically.

Ik zou mijn best doen om deze mensen een gelijkwaardige plaats in de maatschappij te bieden, net als de mensen met een lichamelijke of verstandelijke beperking.

I will do what i do on every subject: i listen to emotions, needs and pledges as well as facts and explanations, from different perspectives, to form an opinion independently with all due respect to the people involved.

Hi! I’m Ronan, your stereotypical left-wing non-binary queer vegan, and I am a candidate MEP for PvdD.

The Party for the Animals will be crucial in the fight for animals, people, climate and nature over the next 5 years.

For me, justice is central to this, for example by standing up for Palestine, work on reparations for the centuries of exploitation and pollution by European countries and enforcing equal rights for every couple in the EU, just like a man/woman couple already has. This includes polyamorous relationships!

This cannot happen without queer representation!

Everybody should be able to be who they want to be. In the EP I will strive to create opportunities for all regardless of your religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental limitations, age, background or education level. Also, I will consistently raise awareness by stimulating diversity and empower inclusive initiatives. In short: I will be an ally.

In a decent Europe, everyone should feel at home and be able to participate. No matter who you are or who you love. However, this is not yet always the situation. That is why we must continue to actively advocate for the human rights of everyone in the LGBTI+ community.

If elected I want to make sure that you are safe, no matter who you are, where you come from or who you love

My passion as a woman with a transgender background is to make Europe a safe space to all it’s citizens.

Not being able to be oneself in 2024 is unacceptable to me and I believe that if we can inform the European citizens through education and positive exposure we can help our community and battle all the misinformation that’s been spread around.

The Dutch Party for the Animals, and myself as a candidate, stand for the protection of the most vulnerable on this planet, humans and other animals. Marginalised people, like people from the LGBTQI+ community, need recognition and solidarity from the government. Sadly, we live in a society where people have to fight for their identity. Within my political work, I am committed to representing the marginalised communities and to speak up about injustice whenever I see it.

As a queer man, the current wave of trans hatred that is engulfing Europe is deeply worrying to me. My first priority would be to fight hard for the rights of trans and non-binary people and fight against the normalisation of transphobia in politics.

In the EU I will always speak out, work for and find coalitions for (e..g.): - The right for every LGBTQIA+ person to be themselves. - Human rights for LGBTQIA+ people and recognition and support for the different relationships people can be in. Including multi-parenting regonized by law. - Punishing states and other actors who discriminate against LGBTQIA+ people, - Reconizing and considering intersectional perspectives in European policies. Queer people of color now for example have to deal with extra discrimination and violence. - Basic income for everyone

I will promote equal rights for all EU citizens, including LGBTI+ peoples rights. To stimulate legislation which enables people to live without being discriminated or persecuted for who they are. To ensure people are allowed to marry who they wish and be enabled to adopt children.

As a Member of European Parliament I will always defend the rights of individuals. And I will certainly speak up against hate towards LGBTI.

Always speak up against hate against LGBTI and defend equal rights. Theirs no place for people who attack and make people insecure about themselfs just because who they are. In everyway lawmaking must be based on equal rights for everyone.

Keep fighting for the protection of Rule of Law, including equal rights and non-discrimination in Member States (especially Hungary/Slovakia) and candidate countries, but also worldwide. I actively support the recognition and equal treatment of same sex marriages/relationships; rights of transgender persons; protection of (freedom of expression of) LGBTQIA+persons; and actively combat anti-LGBTQIA+ legislation/policies; in the European asylum system, I fight for protective policies for LGBTQIA+asylum seekers: recognition of their flight reasons and safe reception centres.

Europe is a community of values, with a strong emphasis on human rights. These are non-negotiable. LGBT+ isn't an ideology, but says something about someones personal identity. I will give special attention to: - mutual recognition of (registered) partnershcps of all EU citizens and their children (rainbow families) in relation to the EU principle of free movement of persons; - the situation of LGBT+ with a religious background; - the rights and protection of LGBT+ refugees.

Human rights are human rights, for every human!

Human rights and equality are some of my key priorities, and the rights of LGBTI people are, unfortunately, under threat. Alongside the community, I want to advocate for a safe environment where everyone can be themselves not only in Europe, but also beyond.

See our election manifesto

Strengthening the power of the European Parliament and its position in the law-making process, for example by ensuring the right to legislagive initiative, is one of the best ways to ensure protection of LHTBIQ+ rights in the whole of the European Union.

As a transgender woman I am experiencing the increased attacks on our communities on a daily basis. I am deeply concerned about the role social media still play in the undermining of our European democracies and the constant attacks on vulnerable minorities in the EU.
As MEP I will fight online disinformation and the algorithms of social media that encourage controversy for more clicks and higher profits, because that is one of the most important catalysts of hate against our communities.

As elected members of the European Parliament we will have a duty to uphold human rights for everyone. This pledge is no exception. I will never back down when someone infringes on equal rights for everyone.

I will continue to defend fundamental LGBTI rights every day and side by side with the community. We cannot take anything for granted with far-right populists, autocrats and religious fanatics lobbying against hard-won rights. And since stagnation in this regard means decline we must give new impetus to promoting universal and horizontal guarantees of LGBTI rights in our member states, in the EU and beyond.