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Overview

Czech law bans discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Despite the fact that the Czech Republic has recognized registered partnership since 2006, full equality for same-sex couples is not legalised. According to the in 34 countries showed that 65% of Czechs favour and only 29% oppose same-sex marriage.

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•  by ILGA Europe [in English].

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Academic and professional institutions

• Centre for Gender Studies was opened at the Philosophical Faculty, Charles University in 1998. In 2003, it moved to the Faculty of Humanities as an independent Department of Gender Studies. Among the areas of research covered by the department are:
  • Feminism a GLBTQ activism - mutual influences, relations and interactions,
  • Gay Fatherhood, Gay and Lesbian Parenthood
  • Narratives of Sexual Identity Heteronormativity and homophobia in Czech society
  • Gay and lesbian oral history
• - a professional think-tank of experts, scientific, pedagogical and professional staff, as well as other people interested in interdisciplinary understanding and study of human sexuality (sexualities), gender identity (identities) and issues related to them.

Resources

Books

• Adam, B., Duyvendak, J. W., Krouwel, A., & Krouwel, A. (2009). . Philadelphia : Temple University Press.
• Antonova, B. (2014). Q. Brno: ÄŒerné pole.
• Fejes, N., & Balogh, A. (2012). . Bristol: Intellect books.
• Havelková H. & Oates-Indruchová L. (2014). . London: Routledge.
• ​Himl, P., Seidl, J., & Schindler, F. (2013). . Praha : Argo.
• LiÅ¡ková, K. (2018). . New York: Cambridge University Press.
• Mazierska, E. (2008). . New York: Berghahn books.
• Mole, R.C.M. (2021). . London: UCL Press.
• Putna, M. (2012). . Praha: Torst.
• Putna, M. (2011). . Praha : Academia.
• O'Dwyer, C. (2018). .  New York: New York University.
• Seidl, J. (2012). . Brno: Host.
• Sokolova, V. (2021). . Prague: Karolinum Press.
• Tamagne, F. (2006). . New York: Algora.
• Thomas, A. (2007). . University of Wisconsin Press. 
• VÄ“rdiņš, K. & OzolinÅ¡, J. (2016). . Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Periodicals

•  is a peer-reviewed transdisciplinary journal of gender studies and feminist theory. The territorial focus is on Central and Eastern Europe as well as other global macro-regions. The journal publishes articles in Czech or English in the fields of sociology, philosophy, political science, history, cultural studies, and other branches of the social sciences and humanities [in Czech and English].

Repositories

•  for academic papers on LGBTQ studies [in Czech].
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• - digitised monographs and periodicals from the collections of the Czech National Library [in Czech and English].

Data and statistics

•  by OSCE ODIHR [in English].
• . FRA Europe [in English].
• , includes , ILGA Europe - a world survey of sexual orientation laws +  [in English].

Reports

• Analysis of the Situation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Minority in the Czech Republic. The Office of the Government of the Czech Republic, Prague, 2007 [], [].
• . ILGA Europe [in English].
• . Reports, 1997 - 2020 [in English].
• . ILGA Europe Policy Paper, April 2004 [English].
• . Transparent, 2018 (Å¡est zpráv z výzkumu na téma obav a přání trans lidí, které byly zpracovány na základÄ› dat sebraných v období od 7. 7. do 11. 9. 2018) [in Czech].
• . Centrum pro výzkum veÅ™ejného mínÄ›ní, Sociologický ústav AV ÄŒR, v.v.i.n [in Czech].
• . Organisation for Aid to Refugees, 2016 [in English].

News portals

• - community news portal [in Czech].
• - contemporary art portal [in Czech].

Audio-visual

•   [in Czech].
•  [in Czech].
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• µþ°ù´Ç·É²õ±ðÌý - DAFilms.com is powered by Doc Alliance, a creative partnership of 7 key European documentary film festivals [in English].

Digital libraries and archives

•  [in Czech].
• : Online collection of unpublished literary works created and disseminated among Prague gay community between 1960 - 1989 [in Czech].
• Interviews – only available in the Centre for Queer Memory [in Czech].
• - an exhibition about the past of gay community in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia [in English].

Organisations

• Gales - A Prague gay and lesbian university association organizing regular events. [in Czech].
• - A students’ association of Charles University [in Czech and English].
• - An association organizing an eponymous cultural festival for women regardless of their sexual orientation [in Czech, Polish, English].
• - An ecumenical Christian association of gays and lesbians [in Czech].
• - Association for Queer Memory [in Czech].
• Stejná rodina - An association whose goal is to achieve legal equality between homosexual and heterosexual families. [in Czech].
• - An association of gays, lesbians, and friends, co-organizes Mezipatra Queer Film Festival, runs Queer Library etc. [in Czech and English].
•  - organisation for transgender a genderqueer people [in Czech and English].
•  - trans advocacy and education organisation [in Czech].

Other resources

•  – Since 2003 we have been organizing regular meetings, few days' experiential events, sports, cultural, or social events for young gays during their coming-out period. By organizing debates at secondary schools, we are also involved in the development of public education and community life [in Czech].
•  – A festival of films with gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender topics that we held annually since 2000 in Prague and Brno [in Czech and English].
• - Free law center for minorities [in Czech].
• - An association supporting LGBT rights and organizing an annual pride festival [in Czech and English].
•  – Unique and only one in the Czech Republic, it contains over 500 Czech or English books, dozens of scientific publications, and hundreds of magazines, all concerned with LGBT community in the Czech Republic and around the world [in Czech and English].