LGBTQI+ Rights in Europe

This map shows the overall score, analyzing six categories that value the LGTBIQ+ human rights already accomplished. This analysis is carried out every year, with the data of new laws and politics and some cases that show the reality of each country.

100% represents equality and non-discrimination and 0% gross violation of human rights. Malta is the country with a higher score (93.8%) and Azerbaijan have the lowest (2.3%)

We still have a long way to go to improve in all Europe.

30% of LGBT people in Europe hide their identity completly.

Totally in the closet vs. totally open about being LGTBIQ+

But... Why are they afraid to be who they are in their environment?

Approximately 40% of queer people suffer some kind of discrimination and harassment every year. This can make the option of being hidden a solution, but lying or hiding who we are shouldn't be the solution.

Iceland is viewed as progressive in comparison with other countries in Europe and there are almost no studies about the actual situation of the LGBTIQ+ community in daily life. Teens can be the most vulnerable population to suffer discrimination when they are discovering themselves. As we saw before, the majority of the LGTBIQ people hide their identity in schools.

As we can see in these graphics, there's still a lot of violation of the human rights that people from the LGTBIQ+ community have to live since a young age, and we have to act to protect all of them. More laws and information is required for all the society to still improve and get that numbers to 0%.

When we look at the numbers, sometimes is difficult to understand that these discriminations and harassment happen to real people. Now we are going to see located on the map some recent cases.

TW: this news and imatges can contain violence and LGTBIphobia, if you don't want to see them jump to "positive approach".

These are just some cases of the reality, we have to keep in mind that these wouldn't happen if society didn't normalize hate speech and lgtbiphobia.

Activism and acts can change the political situation and with it the daily life of queer people. In this part, we are going to do a tour with some positive acts that the activist accomplished these last years. To gather strength to keep fighting.

Move and click the map below to discover some of these positive effects.