Activity of The Malta Gay Rights Movement (MGRM)
Aims and objectives
The Malta Gay Rights Movement (MGRM) was set up in June 2001. MGRM strives to achieve full equality for LGBT people in Maltese society; a society that enables people to live openly and fully without fear of discrimination based on one's sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression. MGRM promotes its mission in a variety of ways (support for its members, petitions, campaigns, surveys, publications, etc). LGBT addresses all people, independent of gender, to promote its objectives.
The objectives are:
- To achieve legal equality for LGBT people
- To have social policies that refer to and are inclusive of sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression
- To bring about positive social attitudes towards LGBT people and their issues
- To empower the LGBT community to engage in social and political issues that are of direct concern
- To encourage wider society engagement with MGRM's human-rights based approach
- To make MGRM a sustainable organisation
Creator/owner/responsible institution
Name: The Malta Gay Rights Movement (MGRM)
Stakeholder: Civil society organisation
Area of intervention: Men and gender equality
Organisation Country: Malta
Organisation Zip Code: MST 2021
Organisation Phone: 21 430 009
Contact person:
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Name: Gabi Calleja
Contents/activities/services
Activities
We strive to increase awareness among the general public by discussing transgender issues, gender stereotypes and same-sex partnerships on TV, radio, newspapers and other media including social networks. We have also conducted research and carried out training with professionals and university students. Activities have included:
- presenting a petition to all political parties calling for legal protection against discrimination in the delivery of goods and services on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression (2009). Also requested the inclusion of an article in the Criminal Code regarding homophobic and transphobic violence, and a clear strategy addressing homophobic and transphobic bullying in schools
- carrying out a survey on the inclusion of transgender people in the labour market
- conducting a survey on the harassment and discrimination experienced by LGBT persons, with special emphasis on hate crimes (2008)
- commissioning and publishing 'A Proposed Gender Identity Bill for Malta' (2010)
Conferences
- Seminar on the results of the research study on the Inclusion of Transgender Individuals in the Labour Market (2008)
- ILGA-Europe and Transgender Europe Trans Rights Conference: Putting Trans Rights on the European Agenda (October 2009)
- 13th ILGA-Europe Annual Conference: Overcoming Religious & Cultural Barriers to LGBT Equality (October 2009)
Materials
- ESF 60: The Inclusion of Transgender Individuals into the Labour Market - A Research Study
- Transgender Issues in the Workplace - Guidelines for Employers
- A Proposed Gender Identity Bill for Malta