Gabi Calleja

Gabi Calleja is a Maltese LGBTQ rights activist. She has served as coordinator of the Malta Gay Rights Movement and co-chair of the executive board of ILGA Europe. For her work on LGBTQ rights, she was given the International Women of Courage Award in 2012.

Personal life and education She read for a Master's in Youth and Community Studies at the University of Malta. She is gay.

Activism By 2010, Calleja was the coordinator of the Malta Gay Rights Movement. By 2023, Calleja was the head of the Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Gender Expression and Sex Characteristics Unit (SOGIGESC).

Within Malta, Calleja has fought for issues such as recognition of same-sex marriage, the legalization of same-sex adoption, and equal access to IVF. She has called for the banning of conversion therapy

By 2013, she was co-chair of the executive board of ILGA Europe, a lesbian and gay advocacy group. In 2014, she spoke publicly in favor of Denmark removing a law which had required transgender people to undergo sterilization before they were legally allowed to change their gender.

Career In addition to her work on LGBTQ 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 2014, Calleja was nominated for the Human Rights Award at the inaugural LGBTI Community Awards in Malta.