{"id":7537,"date":"2026-02-26T21:07:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T21:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/?p=7537"},"modified":"2026-02-26T21:07:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T21:07:05","slug":"slovakias-embattled-lgbtq-community-hopes-for-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/2026\/02\/26\/slovakias-embattled-lgbtq-community-hopes-for-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Slovakia&#8217;s embattled LGBTQ+ community hopes for change"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Life for Slovakia\u2019s LGBTQ+ community has become more difficult under Prime Minister Robert Fico\u2019s government, which recently amended the constitution to recognize only two sexes and restrict adoption to married heterosexual couples. Same-sex marriages, even if legally performed abroad in other EU countries, are not officially recognized in Slovakia, creating legal uncertainty and everyday complications for couples like Ivan Novotny and Metod Spacek. However, there is hope for change, as a shift in public opinion may signal a more inclusive future. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> February 10, 2026. <strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/slovakias-embattled-lgbtq-community-hopes-for-change\/a-75889681\">dw.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Life for Slovakia\u2019s LGBTQ+ community has become more difficult under Prime Minister Robert Fico\u2019s government, which recently amended the constitution to recognize only two sexes and restrict adoption to married heterosexual couples. Same-sex marriages, even if legally performed abroad in other EU countries, are not officially recognized in Slovakia, creating legal uncertainty and everyday complications [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":7546,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gender-equality"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7537"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7834,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7537\/revisions\/7834"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}