Latest news and stories about civil rights in Portugal for expats and residents.
Should sex continue to be included in the civil registry as an element of legal identity, or is this registration an administrative classification without real utility for equality before the law?
Where the Case Stands. April 25th, 2025 celebrations marked by far-right protests. The PSP is prepared to act if there is a repeat. Labour Law. UGT decides on the path forward.
Data from the beginning of 2026 shows 192 gender identity changes in Portugal, with 12 cases involving minors, according to averdade.com.
The initial goal was 20,000 signatures, but the petition already has nearly 30,000 people. The goal of the petition is to make it clear that there are many people in Portuguese society who defend self-determination.
The demonstration was called in response to the rollback of human rights: “We know this is just the beginning of much bigger things,” believes activist.
The author reflects on the recent attack on the March for Life in Portugal, arguing that the incident represents a dangerous erosion of democratic values. The text asserts that democracy is fundamentally a pact of coexistence that allows people with different beliefs to live in peace, and warns that tolerating violence against those with opposing views threatens the stability of Portuguese society, which was built on the foundations of the April revolution.
The problem with life issues is that they destroy the illusion that there is a common humanitarian ground from which it is possible to dialogue. It is not always true.
The right debate, in a liberal democracy, is not whether one can pray, but where and how communal prayer takes place in public spaces — and whether, in certain contexts, a rite transforms into political discourse.
Leaders of several organisations classified the approval of the bills as a “serious step” that could compromise acquired rights.
The idea that the State has a duty to protect citizens against the 'potentially harmful' is not new. It is, in fact, the basis of any competent censorship.
Parliament debates this Thursday initiatives from Chega, CDS-PP, and PSD that aim to revoke or amend the law establishing self-determination of gender identity and expression.
The PSD wants to change the legal framework for sex reassignment and name changes in the civil registry, but MP Bruno Vitorino opposes the bill: “We must analyse the issue with the depth it deserves.”
By proposing only a medical certificate and the exclusion of 16-18 year olds for gender reassignment, the PSD partially yields to the ideology it claims to oppose.
The Grande Oriente Lusitano (GOL) today urged voters to take part and unite in the presidential election to defend “the values of democracy, the rule of law and humanism”, opposing those who seek to “restrict freedom and universal rights”.
