The European Parliament passed a resolution on Thursday declaring the European Union a “LGBTIQ freedom zone.” The measure seeks to ensure protections for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer communities across the bloc, while also pushing back against member states with anti-LGBT+ policies. “LGBTIQ rights are human rights,” the resolution reads. The measure... 

Hungary and Poland were the only European nations to vote against a Council of the European Union motion demanding “safe internet space” for homosexuals and mentally-ill “transgenders” at yesterday’s council meeting, forcing the resolution to be downgraded to a “presidential conclusion” which does not carry the formal legal weight of a council conclusion. This premise is of course nonsense,...