2021年3月19日 · NATO Headquarters hosted its first-ever internal conference on LGBTQ+ perspectives in the workplace on Friday (19 March 2021). Organised by the staff-led “Proud @ NATO” volunteer group, the online event brought together around 130 participants across civilian and military staffs, as well as national delegations, to discuss the experiences ...

2024年4月19日 · NATO’s first Staff Resource Group (SRG), PROUD@NATO, was officially established in 2020 to further LGBTQ+ perspectives at NATO. NATO’s SRGs provide opportunities for personal and professional development through mentoring, networking and community involvement.

2023年5月17日 · On the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia on Wednesday (17 May 2023), Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that NATO's mission extends beyond protecting territories to safeguarding our diverse populations.

2019年6月28日 · Countries that overcome their totalitarian pasts—as the Baltic states have admirably done, shedding their command economies and authoritarian political structures for membership in NATO and the...

It was the first ever event on LGBTQI Perspectives at NATO. Globally, LGBTQI people continue to face discrimination, harassment and violence based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. Armed forces certainly came a long way since lesbians and gays where allowed for the first time to openly serve in the Dutch armed forces in 1974.

2023年5月18日 · The notion that Nato is “united by values” is plainly false. Even Russians are less anti-gay than Turks: 66% say they would not like to have homosexuals as neighbours and 58% say homosexuality is “never justifiable”.

Many countries have since revised these policies and allow gays and lesbians to openly serve in the military (e.g. Israel in 1993 and the UK in 2000). There are currently more than 30 countries, including nearly all NATO members, which allow gays and lesbians to serve, and around 10 more countries that do not outwardly prohibit them from serving.

2021年3月21日 · Organized by the staff-led “Proud @ NATO” volunteer group, the online event brought together around 130 participants across civilian and military staffs, as well as national delegations, to...

2017年6月13日 · Newest NATO member, Montenegro, a country of less than a million people, has experienced turbulence on the path to social egalitarianism. Although the country has expressed its interest in committing to Western standards and values, the social inclusion and acceptance of LGBT individuals remains lacking in the Balkan state.

2023年5月8日 · NATO also has a Women, Peace, and Security agenda, a Gender Balance and Diversity Task Force, and a Staff Resource Group for LGBTQ+ perspectives.