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Gabi Calleja
Calleja in 2016
Born	Malta
Nationality	Maltese
Known for	LGBTIQ rights

Gabi Calleja is an LGBTIQ rights activist in Malta. She read for a Masters in Youth and Community Studies at the University of Malta. From 2010 to 2019, she was the coordinator of the Malta Gay Rights Movement. As of 2014, she is co-chair of the Executive Board of ILGA Europe, a lesbian and gay advocacy group. In 2014 she spoke publicly in favor of Denmark's removing a law which had required transgender people to undergo sterilization before they were legally allowed to change their gender.

In addition to her work on LGBT rights, she is also a senior executive in the public sector in Malta, and has worked in the fields of teaching, drug prevention, training, community development, fundraising, and project management. In 2005, the “School Attendance Improvement” Report, a review of absenteeism from school in Malta, was published; she had been part of the group appointed to write it.

She received a 2012 International Women of Courage award.

References

1. "Straight talking on gay rights". Times of Malta. 12 June 2012.
2. ^ "Gabi Calleja, Malta". EIGE. Archived from the original on 2015-06-10. Retrieved 2014-09-05.
3. "Indifferent strokes - Gabi Calleja". MaltaToday.com.mt.
4. "Thousands march in Cyprus' first gay pride, seeking equal rights". Reuters. 31 May 2014.
5. "ILGA-Europe". ilga-europe.org. Archived from the original on 2014-09-05.
6. "Latest Embassy News and Recent Events - Embassy of the United States Valletta, Malta". usembassy.gov. Archived from the original on 2014-04-23.

External links

• Gabi Calleja's Twitter

• Maltese LGBTQ rights activists
• Living people
• 21st-century Maltese LGBTQ people
• Recipients of the International Women of Courage Award