8 Amendments of Malin BJÖRK related to 2019/2187(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 33 a (new)
Citation 33 a (new)
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 33 a (new)
Citation 33 a (new)
- having regard to the May 2020 LGBTI Survey II conducted by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 33 c (new)
Citation 33 c (new)
- having regard to the June 2020 European Commission Study “Legal gender recognition in the EU: the journeys of trans people towards full equality”;1a __________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/le gal_gender_recognition_in_the_eu_the_j ourneys_of_trans_people_towards_full_e quality_web.pdf
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the Commission has announced an upcoming LGBTI Equality Strategy to be adopted by Q4 2020;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas the LGBTI Survey II conducted by FRA highlights that 1 in 5 LGBTI persons experience homelessness and housing exclusion, 1 in 3 trans persons experience homelessness and 39% of intersex persons experience homelessness; whereas the results highlight that more than a third (37%) of LGBTI persons felt discriminated in areas of life other than work, and that 1 in 10 LGBTI persons (11%) experienced discrimination in looking for a house or an apartment to buy or rent (by people working in private or public housing agencies or a landlord);
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)
Recital G c (new)
Gc. whereas the European Commission study on legal gender recognition in the EU highlights discrimination against trans and gender non-conforming persons in access to the housing market, including losing homes due to the divorce requirement of some gender recognition processes in the EU, and that access to legal gender recognition increases trans person’s likelihood of finding housing in cases where their documents match their gender expression;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G d (new)
Recital G d (new)
Gd. whereas the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe recommended to Member States in CM/Rec(2010)5 that measures should be taken to ensure that access to adequate housing can be effectively and equally enjoyed by all persons, without discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity; whereas it recommended additionally that appropriate attention should be paid to the risks of homelessness experienced by LGBTI persons, including young persons and children who may be particularly vulnerable to social exclusion, including from their own families;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to specifically address LGBTI homelessness in its upcoming LGBTI Equality Strategy, particularly regarding youth, to create tools for enhanced data collection, to foster research across the EU and to facilitate the exchange of approaches to tackle the problem of LGBTI people experiencing homelessness between member states;