It is time to STOP the anti-LGBTIQ rhetoric in Eastern Europe.
Do you remember the joy you felt when the Supreme Court fulfilled your deepest dream and made marriage equality the law for all Americans? We wish to feel the same joy and happiness and fulfill the dreams of millions of LGBTIQ people in Eastern Europe. Instead we are victims of growing anti-LGBTIQ attacks, rhetorics and sentiment thanks to "Kremlin like" politicians who use us as scapegoats for their political victory. However we can put STOP to this. We can give LGBTIQ people in this region HOPE. We can win marriage equality in the Czech Republic. If it is possible in the Czech Republic, it will be possible in other parts of this region. To make that happen, in April 2017 we launched a national campaign to secure a 'Yes' to freedom to marry in the Czech Republic. WHY CZECH REPUBLIC?
67% of Czechs agree with marriage equality
210 000 people signed a petition for marriage equality
82 businesses support the campaign
We lead a conversation on marriage equality in the Czech Parliament since 2018:
The Parliament started to discuss a bill in November 2018 and continued the discussion in March 2019.
On April 29th, 2021 the bill passed the first vote in the Parliament after 1052 days and was sent for further discussion in its Committees.
2021 General elections scrub all this work and we needed to start from the beginning!
On June 8th 2022 the bill on marriage equality was presented to the Czech Parliament for the 2nd time and waits for its reading.
Despite the fact that the conservative opposition is though and fuelled by evangelical resources, the society is behind the change and we will win it!
WHAT WOULD VICTORY MEAN FOR THE REST OF THE REGION?
Hope to million of LGBTIQ people in the region that change is possible and reachable!
"A slap" in the face of conservatives who are using LGBTIQ people as scapegoats!
WE NEED YOUR HELP! Become our International ChangeMakers, donate and make marriage equality reality in the Czech Republic and bring a message of hope and dignity to so many LGBTIQ people in this post-communist region.
By achieving a 'Yes' to marriage equality here in the Czech Republic we can help to create a wave of equality change across Eastern Europe.
Thank you for your support.
Czeslaw Walek
Director of the We are fair campaign