In this episode, we bring together leading voices from across Europe to examine how LGBTI and other marginalised communities are organising in an increasingly hostile political climate, and what it takes to defend rights, build solidarity, and push for progress when democratic protections are under strain.
Across Europe and beyond, LGBTI people and other marginalised communities are increasingly being targeted in a broader political effort to weaken democratic protections. What we’re witnessing is coordinated, strategic, and growing.
In this episode of The Frontline, host Micah Grzywnowicz (Executive Director of IPPF European Network and board member of ILGA-Europe) brings together leading voices from across Europe to unpack this moment and explore what comes next.
Featuring:
- Jolyon Maugham of the Good Law Project
- Eve Geddie Director at Amnesty International European Institutions Office
- Srishagon Abraham of the Colored Qolective
- Enes Hocaoğulları, youth delegate to the Council of Europe, who was arrested and imprisoned in Turkey after speaking out against police violence and democratic backsliding in 2025
Together, they take on the urgent questions facing movements today: how to act politically when institutions become less reliable, how to defend hard-won rights under pressure, and how to build meaningful solidarity across movements without losing focus.
This is a candid and vital conversation for the moment, about strategy, resilience, and the realities of organising in a more hostile political climate, while still holding onto the possibility of progress.
