The rights of gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people have taken centre stage ahead of Spa's July 23 natnal electn.
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- EASTERN EUROPE WAS ONCE A WORLD LEAR ON GAY RIGHTS. THEN RAN OUT OF SPEGOATS
- EASTERN EUROPE WAS ONCE A WORLD LEAR ON GAY RIGHTS. THEN RAN OUT OF SPEGOATS
EASTERN EUROPE WAS ONCE A WORLD LEAR ON GAY RIGHTS. THEN RAN OUT OF SPEGOATS
Today Europe, people who are lbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual or tersex (LGBTI) still suffer om discrimatn around the world. The protectn of LGBTI rights is a high prry the European Unn. * lgbt rights europe *
Annual Review of the Human Rights Suatn of Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Intersex People 2023.
Today Europe, people who are lbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual or tersex (LGBTI) still suffer om discrimatn around the world. The European Unn (EU) has been a driver of equaly for lbian, gay, bisexual and trans people over the past 25 years. Hate speech, as well as acts of homophobic and transphobic vlence rema all too mon, even untri wh signifint progrs.
Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer and Intersex Youth and Stunt Organisatn (IGLYO). Wh homophobic and transphobic beg two of the most mon typ of hate speech, you n make a difference by refg to tolerate ! On this year's Internatnal Day agast Homophobia and Transphobia, Euronews Culture asss the current state of LGBTQ rights across European untri.
EASTERN EUROPE WAS ONCE A WORLD LEAR ON GAY RIGHTS. THEN RAN OUT OF SPEGOATS
People around the world face vlence and equaly—and sometim torture, even executn—bee of who they love, how they look, or who they are. Sexual orientatn and genr inty are tegral aspects of our selv and should never lead to discrimatn or abe. Human Rights Watch works for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr peopl' rights, and wh activists reprentg a multiplicy of inti and issu. We document and expose ab based on sexual orientatn and genr inty worldwi, cludg torture, killg and executns, arrts unr unjt laws, unequal treatment, censorship, medil ab, discrimatn health and jobs and hog, domtic vlence, ab agast children, and nial of fay rights and regnn. We advote for laws and polici that will protect everyone’s digny. We work for a world where all people n enjoy their rights fully. * lgbt rights europe *
Anti-LGBTQ vlence is here, ’s everywhere, and isn’t gog away any time soon — at least, that’s the latt asssment ma by UN Secretary-General Anton Guterr, a statement released on the eve of the Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT), which the world celebrat on 17 a stgg nmnatn of endurg global anti-LGBTQ prejudice, the UN chief urged untri to end the crimalisatn and systemic opprsn of queer people.
London, Berl, Stockholm and Dubl also ranked for the latt Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn (ILGA) report, Malta has once aga been proclaimed Europe’s bt untry for LGBTQ rights, holdg onto the Rabow Europe x’s top spot for the eighth year a Mederranean untry’s overwhelmgly Catholic populatn and nservative stance on certa social issu — namely, abortn — make an unlikely ndidate for Europe’s rabow crown. Over the past year, an array of European untri have taken several steps forward on var LGBT+ issu, providg some much-need enuragement to activists across the July, Swzerland legalised same-sex marriage, jog a growg list of untri that allow gay upl to tie the cisn followed a referendum held September 2021, which jt unr two-thirds of voters supported "Marriage for all, " as the new legal amendment had been may e as a surprise to some that the Alpe state — equently perceived as a bastn of high livg standards — would take so much longer than many of s neighbours to legalise same-sex marriage. Followg Swzerland’s footsteps, Slovenia also troduced gay marriage, while Croatia allowed same-sex upl to LGBTQ rights Eastern Europe often make headl for all the wrong reasons, Moldova — a eply Orthodox untry, and one of Europe’s most impoverished — has ma signifint progrs improvg ndns for s queer cizens, jumpg up 14 plac 2022’s Rabow rights have also ma signifint headway, after new laws were passed Fland and Spa that allow people to change their legal genr whout unrgog gellg medil procr and asssments.
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Neverthels, many human rights mpaigners and trans activists see such laws as dispensable steps to offerg further equaly and regnn to a eply disenanchised omo step-backsAs rosy a picture Europe's long list of newly acquired LGBT+ rights may pat, such advancements nnot, alas, pat over some of the wing cracks on the Visegrád stat, namely Poland and Hungary, the suatn for the queer muny leav much to be sired, as LGBTQ dividuals lack almost any legal protectns, wh few rights to Leśniara, a Polish wrer now based Glasgow, ttifi to the challengg suatn for gay people like himself back at home, while also acknowledgg burgeong signs of improvement. "Further east and beyond EU borrs, Rsia — Europe’s "pariah" followg Vladimir Put’s vasn of Ukrae last Febary — has further expand s anti-LGBT legislatn, after an existg law banng "gay propaganda" for children was extend to all age groups last December. “This is a largely homophobic ernment, ” warned journalist Franc Lepore, one of the event’s speakers, while addrsg the dience.
"France, Belgium, the Netherlands and the UK were among the untri ced as havg reported such an Homophobie France also noted that homophobic and transphobic vlence are up 28% and 27%, rpectively, om last a newly released prs report, the EU Commissn mented on such velopments wh ep ncern.
In December 2022, Rsia expand s existg “gay propaganda” law to exert ntrol over public discsns and narrativ surroundg non-heterosexual relatnships and inti. Human Rights Watch works for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr peopl' rights, and wh activists reprentg a multiplicy of inti and issu. 76% of Europeans polled 2019 agreed that gay, lbian or bisexual people should have the same rights as heterosexual people, up om 71% 2015.