News of ECOM
June 16, 2026
ECOM Annual Report 2025: Stories of Resilience, Numbers, and Community Voices
ECOM presents its 2025 Annual Report — not only as an overview of the coalition’s achievements, but also as a chronicle of a year that tested the resilience of communities...
June 15, 2026
Statement. On increased application of Article 120 of the Criminal Code of Uzbekistan
The undersigned organizations express serious concerns over the continued and intensified enforcement of Article 120 of the Criminal Code of Uzbekistan (hereinafter Article 120) that criminalises consensual sexual relations between...
June 11, 2026
“I’m lucky to have you”: A story about a mother, her transgender son, and love that teaches
“If it weren’t for my child, I probably wouldn’t be where I am now. My life wouldn’t have turned out the way it did,” Alina says. She is 48, a...
June 11, 2026
Kindred Blood: A story of a brother and a sister from Moldova — about support, love, and inspiration
In Sergei’s desk drawer there was stationery — mom would always buy it in advance. One day, his sister Tanya needed a fresh notebook. She opened the drawer and found...
June 11, 2026
Stars, Lasagna, and the Main Rule: Mark and Eggie on Their Friendship That Grew Into Love
One evening, they climbed onto the roof of a high-rise building in downtown Yerevan to take photos for one of Eggie’s projects. First, as usual, she did Mark’s makeup (he...
June 11, 2026
Drag Sisters: The Story of Friendship Between Zhanna, Kira, and Lala
Zhanna, Kira, and Lala have known each other for almost 15 years. They were brought together by the stage and transformation. Over time, solidarity and shared values grew into a...
June 11, 2026
Kharkiv, war, Anya at home: The story of two women who have chosen each other every day for nearly 13 years
February 2022 turned the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv into a place where time was no longer measured in hours, but in the distance to the nearest bomb shelter. For many...
May 25, 2026
ECOM Announces a Small Grants Competition for LGBT Organizations in Response to Shrinking Civic Space and Increased Anti-LGBT Pressure
ECOM — the Eurasian Coalition on Health, Rights, Gender and Sexual Diversity — with the support of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), is implementing the project “Emergency...
May 25, 2026
Between Law and Reality: Regional Report on LGBT Rights Violations in 2025
ECOM has published a new regional report, Between Law and Reality, an annual analysis of rights violations against LGBT people in seven countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Armenia,...
April 27, 2026
ECOM Statement on the Court Decision in the Case of Zhanar Sekerbayeva
On April 23, the Astana court issued a verdict against LGBTQI activist Zhanar Sekerbayeva, finding her guilty of assault against a group of homophobic individuals who had themselves attacked her....
