Description
The primary goals of the project are protecting the human rights of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender persons (hereinafter LGBT persons), preventing homophobia in the Czech society and creating an environment of dialogue between the majority population and the LGBT community. We will achieve these goals through a nationwide anti-homophobia campaign that will include an on-line campaign, „It gets better“ videos, a billboard campaign and the Prague Pride festival. The secondary goals are to protect the most vulnerable groups within the LGBT community, which in the Czech context are LGBT families. We will work with these families via support groups, we will realize an analysis of the current situation of LGBT families that will serve as a basis for policy paper on change of the Civil Code with the goal to open up marriage for everybody. This policy paper will be presented to the Governmental Council on Human Rights.
Summary of project results
The primary goal of the project was protecting the human rights of LGBT persons by preventing homophobia in the society. The long term goal of the organisation is equal marriage. We created a wide coalition of LGBT organisations for equal marriage to work intensely on achieving this goal in the next 5 years. We produced a nationwide campaign with the message that all human being are the same. The campaign also draw attention to the topics of homophobia and homophobic bullying. We organised two festivals which included exhibitions, inspirational talks on dealing with homophobia by both Czech and international LGBT or LGBT-friendly personalities, concert, Pride parades, discussions and others. Policy paper was created which proposes the change of the Civil Code to give equal rights to LGBT people. It has become a key building stone for the work of this coalition. We organised a seminar on the topic of equal marriage discussing with Czech and international experts the topic and learning successful know-how to enabled us continue the road to equality. The campaign and festivals Prague Pride 2014 and Prague Pride 2015 achieved its main mission of creating an environment of dialogue between the majority and the LGBT community and helping the decrease of homophobia in society. 75 people took part in family support groups. Group continue after the project ends. The coalition of LGBT organisations has started its 5 year long project to achieve equal marriage.
Summary of bilateral results