News of ECOM
September 25, 2025
Lenacapavir: A Revolution in HIV Prevention for $40/Year
Injectable lenacapavir, a revolutionary HIV prevention method, will be available for just US$40 per year in low- and middle-income countries starting in 2027. This became possible thanks to a new...
March 31, 2023
Transgender Day of Visibility: war through the eyes of trans people
March 31 is International Transgender Day of Visibility, and on this day we should all reflect and give a voice to people whose lives are made more difficult by intolerance...
December 22, 2022
Results of Elections: New Faces in Steering Committee and Ethics Committee
This year, the members of ECOM’s Steering Committee completed their term of office after heading the coalition for three years. After the elections by ECOM members, we are ready to...
October 21, 2022
Homophobia at the Belarusian Red Cross: Statement by the Secretary General
On October 19, 2022, a Belarusian information portal Zerkalo published that Dmitry Shevtsov, Secretary General of the Belarusian Red Cross Society, made several homophobic statements during a program on the...
September 6, 2022
Queer Summer: ECOM Projects That Help Break Stigma
On the occasion of the International Day against Homo-, Bi- and Transphobia, we launched a call for applications from ECOM partners and members to conduct information and media campaigns. Each...
September 5, 2022
ECOM Holds a Meeting of the Regional Working Group of Trans* People
In August, a meeting of the Regional Working Group of Trans* People was held, which was organized with the financial and technical support of the “Trans*Map in EECA” project. The...
June 1, 2021
When is Pride Month 2021?
Pride Month is celebrated every June as a tribute to those who were involved in the Stonewall Riots. We’re getting ready to dust off our rainbow flags, douse ourselves in...
May 27, 2021
ECOM Report on Rights Violations: No significant improvements in the respect of LGBT rights in EECA countries!
ECOM is pleased to present its Regional report on violations of the right to health of gay and other MSM and trans* people in the EECA region for 2020. In...
August 20, 2020
In Belarus, fighting for democracy — and LGBTQ rights
LGBTQ people have been fighting for their rights since before the election. We’ll still be fighting after. Andrei Zavalei is a queer activist in Belarus. I have a pidor family....
February 4, 2020
“One step at a time”: Positive trends in the EECA region in the field of LGBT rights and HIV
ECOM has prepared a comparative analysis of national legislation related to LGBT rights and HIV in Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, and North Macedonia for the period 2017 to 2019. The...
