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.
Contents:
- EASTERN EUROPE WAS ONCE A WORLD LEAR ON GAY RIGHTS. THEN RAN OUT OF SPEGOATS
- WHERE PEOPLE ARE AGAST GAY RIGHTS IN THE EU
- MEET POLAND’S OUT GAY LAWMAKER FIGHTG FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS
EASTERN EUROPE WAS ONCE A WORLD LEAR ON GAY RIGHTS. THEN RAN OUT OF SPEGOATS
This chart shows the share disagreeg gay, lbian and bisexual people should have the same rights as heterosexuals. * gay rights in eu countries *
As of 2022, six untri' legal s specifilly prcribe the ath penalty for the "crime" of homosexualy and another five untri allow for the possibily of the ath penalty. LGBT and LGBTQ+ have several addnal variatns, cludg LGBTQ, LGBTQIA, LGBTQIA+, and 2SLGBTQIA+ (Two-spir, lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, qutng, tersex, and asexual, wh the + reprentg pansexual, agenr, genr queer, bigenr, genr variant, and pangenr).
Two of the most notable advancements LGBTQI+ rights the US recent s are the legalizatn of gay marriage and the legalizatn of adoptn of children by same-sex upl.
WHERE PEOPLE ARE AGAST GAY RIGHTS IN THE EU
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Gay marriage legalizatn expand om one state 2004 to all fifty stat 2015 through feral urt lgs, state urt lgs, state legislatn, and direct popular vot. Acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn's annual report State-Sponsored Homophobia, same-sex nduct was crimalized 67 of the Uned Natns' 193 member stat 2020 and was facto illegal two more.
MEET POLAND’S OUT GAY LAWMAKER FIGHTG FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS
Robert Biedroń is an openly gay member of Poland’s Parliament who is fightg for LGBTQ rights the eply Catholic untry. * gay rights in eu countries *
In other untri, homosexualy is technilly legal, but promotn of "nontradnal sexual relatns", whether by anizatns or dividuals, is illegal.
Moreover, another five untri have laws which are ls specific the outlawg and sentencg of homosexualy, but which leave the ath penalty available. 2022's iendlit natn for LGBTQ+ travelers is Canada, the first untry outsi of Europe (and the fourth untry the world) to legalize gay marriage, which did on July 20, 2005. Another of the world's most gay-iendly untri, Swen has legalized both marriage and adoptn for same-sex upl, stalled anti-discrimatn protectns for both genr inty and sexual orientatn, end nstutnal protectns agast discrimatn, and crimalized vlence agast LGBTQ+ people.
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. * gay rights in eu countries *
Portugal beme the sixth European untry and the eighth untry the world to legalize gay marriage on May 17, 2010. Addnally, gays, lbians, and bisexuals are all allowed to jo the Portugue ary. Belgium was the send untry the world to legalize gay marriage (after the Netherlands).
Norway has legalized gay marriage and has worker protectns for both sexual orientatn and genr inty. Addnally, lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people may serve openly the Spanish Armed Forc.
Lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr dividuals are allowed to serve openly the ary.
The northern Italian cy of Padua has started removg the nam of non-blogil gay mothers om their children’s birth certifit unr new legislatn passed by the “tradnal fay-first” ernment of Prime Mister Grgia Meloni. * gay rights in eu countries *
In 2004, the Natnal Assembly approved an amendment to existg anti-discrimatn laws to clu homophobic ments as illegal. Individuals arrted for homosexual nduct are often subjected to addnal mistreatment, om torture and forced anal exams by shady law enforcement officials to oversized sentenc or extend pre-trial rceratn that n last for years.
Countri across Europe need to do more to protect the rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, trans and tersex (LGBTI) people, acrdg to a new x, which says law and policy advanc have slowed down across the ‘Rabow Europe’ x, released today by advocy group ILGA-Europe, ranks 49 untri the regn on their LGBTI equaly laws and polici, givg them a sre between 0% (gross vlatns of human rights, discrimatn) and 100% (rpect for human rights, full equaly). Hungary’s hardle natnalist ernment passed a new law earlier this month banng ntent that “promot” homosexualy and genr change om beg shared wh children, effectively prohibg any discsn of LGBTQ them schools. In dog so, Orbán has followed the playbook of Poland’s ernment, which has been chippg away at the rights of the LGBTQ muny for a number of years, adoptg discrimatory rhetoric and stokg homophobia.