Gay a Lesbian League

Gay a lesbická liga (GLL) was a Czech association of organizations, internet projects, and individuals that from 2004 defended the interests of sexual minorities, especially lesbians and gay men, and sought their equal rights. It emerged from an informal communication and information platform created in the summer of 2003 by gay activists from G-Liga and lesbian activists from L-platforma and the internet project Lesba.cz. The immediate impulse was the government's draft registered partnership bill and the need for a unified body to partner with the government and parliament on the issue and to represent both gay and lesbian minorities. The founding assembly took place on 4 April 2004. Founding organizations and projects included Gay.komunita.cz, Code 004, Stud Brno, L-platforma, G-Liga, Lesba.cz, Divadlo Bez zábran, Kluci.cz, Interaktiv, One4one, and Rozdílné rytmy. The statutes declared two main goals: promoting legislative changes to partnership cohabitation of same-sex persons, and promoting the elimination of all forms of discrimination based on emotional and sexual orientation. In its early years GLL focused mainly on the first goal. Its first step was an open letter to Prime Minister Špidla regarding the government's registered partnership bill, following G-Liga's 2002 appeal "Žijeme tu společně" (We Live Here Together). In early 2004 the league organized "Srdce pro partnerství" (Hearts for Partnership), handing ceramic hearts to government members before the bill's discussion. After the government decided not to submit the bill to parliament, GLL negotiated with a group of MPs who undertook to prepare a parliamentary bill; GLL adapted the government draft with regard to G-Liga's earlier unofficial 2002 proposal. In summer 2004 a petition campaign collected 4,000 signatures, accompanied by an information material with a preface by human rights commissioner Jan Jařab. In 2005 parliament rejected the parliamentary registered partnership bill. GLL soon met with another group of MPs, who submitted a new bill that same year. GLL published the comic "Boris & Stan" explaining the basic principles of registered partnership and ran a campaign with agency ArkThompson. In September it delivered another petition with more than 2,000 signatures to the Chamber of Deputies. After the Senate approved the registered partnership law in spring 2006, the league sought a meeting with President Klaus, but he vetoed the law before the meeting, so the league abandoned further efforts. After the law's final approval, it published the information manual "Registrované partnerství pro začínající" (Registered Partnership for Beginners). In 2007 representatives became members of the Working Group on Sexual Minority Issues of the Minister for Human Rights and National Minorities, and two years later members of the Committee for Sexual Minorities of the Government Council for Human Rights. However, active work weakened after the registered partnership law was passed, gradually wound down after 2008, and was de facto terminated.

Gay a lesbická liga (GLL) was a Czech association of organizations, internet projects, and individuals that from 2004 defended the interests of sexual minorities, especially lesbians and gay men, and sought their equal rights. It emerged from an informal communication and information platform created in the summer of 2003 by gay activists from G-Liga and lesbian activists from L-platforma and the internet project Lesba.cz. The immediate impulse was the government's draft registered partnership bill and the articulated need for a unified body to partner with the government and parliament on the issue and to represent both gay and lesbian minorities. The founding assembly took place on 4 April 2004. Founding organizations and projects included Gay.komunita.cz, Code 004, Stud Brno, L-platforma, G-Liga, Lesba.cz, Divadlo Bez zábran, Kluci.cz, Interaktiv, One4one, and Rozdílné rytmy. The statutes declared two main goals: promoting legislative changes to partnership cohabitation of same-sex persons, and promoting the elimination of all forms of discrimination based on emotional and sexual orientation. In its early years GLL focused mainly on the first goal. Its first step was an open letter to Prime Minister Špidla regarding the government's registered partnership bill, following G-Liga's 2002 appeal "Žijeme tu společně" (We Live Here Together), which urged politicians to adopt a law on same-sex partnership cohabitation. In early 2004 the league organized "Srdce pro partnerství" (Hearts for Partnership), handing ceramic hearts to government members before the bill's discussion. After the government decided not to submit the bill to parliament, GLL negotiated with a group of MPs who undertook to prepare a parliamentary bill; GLL adapted the government draft with regard to G-Liga's earlier unofficial 2002 proposal. In summer 2004 a petition campaign collected 4,000 signatures, accompanied by an information material with a preface by human rights commissioner Jan Jařab, intended for legislators. In 2005 parliament rejected the parliamentary registered partnership bill. GLL soon met with another group of MPs, who submitted a new bill that same year. GLL published the comic "Boris & Stan" explaining the basic principles of registered partnership and ran a campaign with agency ArkThompson. In September it delivered another petition with more than 2,000 signatures to the Chamber of Deputies. After the Senate approved the registered partnership law in spring 2006, the league sought a meeting with President Klaus, but he vetoed the law before the meeting, so the league abandoned further efforts. After the law's final approval, it published the information manual "Registrované partnerství pro začínající" (Registered Partnership for Beginners). In 2007 representatives became members of the Working Group on Sexual Minority Issues of the Minister for Human Rights and National Minorities, and two years later members of the Committee for Sexual Minorities of the Government Council for Human Rights. However, active work weakened after the registered partnership law was passed, gradually wound down after 2008, and was de facto terminated.

• 2009

  Representatives became members of the Committee for Sexual Minorities of the Government Council for Human Rights.

• 2008

  Active work gradually wound down after 2008 and was de facto terminated.

• 2007

  Representatives became members of the Working Group on Sexual Minority Issues of the Minister for Human Rights and National Minorities.

• 2006

  Senate approved registered partnership law; President Klaus vetoed it before a planned meeting.

• 2006

  Published information manual "Registrované partnerství pro začínající".

• 2005

  Parliament rejected the parliamentary registered partnership bill.

• 2005

  Published comic "Boris & Stan" and ran campaign with agency ArkThompson.

• 2005

  Delivered another petition with more than 2,000 signatures to the Chamber of Deputies.

• 2004

  Founding assembly held on 4 April 2004.

• 2004

  Open letter to Prime Minister Špidla regarding the government's registered partnership bill.

• 2004

  "Srdce pro partnerství" action handing ceramic hearts to government members.

• 2004

  Petition campaign for registered partnership collected 4,000 signatures.

• 2003

  Informal communication and information platform created by gay activists from G-Liga and lesbian activists from L-platforma and Lesba.cz.

Advocacy association for LGBT rights and registered partnership legislation in the Czech Republic.

• Srdce pro partnerství

  Action handing ceramic hearts to government members before the registered partnership bill discussion.

• Boris & Stan comic

  Comic explaining the basic principles of registered partnership.

• Registrované partnerství pro začínající

  Information manual published after the law's final approval.

1. 1Gay a lesbická liga - Wikidatawikidata.org
2. 2Gay a lesbická liga - Czech Wikipediacs.wikipedia.org