LGBT issues

In this section you will find information on various aspects affecting lives and rights of LGBT people in Europe.

There are many areas of lives where LGBT people in Europe face discrimination and prejudice. This section will be dedicated to reflecting these issues and collecting information, resources, and other relevant data. If you work or are involved in a project on one of these areas or you know an organisation or useful resource relevant to these issues, please let us know.

Asylum and immigration

Safety elsewhere

Education and schools

Employment

The introduction in 2000 of the EU Directive prohibiting discrimination in the workplace on the basis of sexual orientation represented an unexpected an much welcomed advance in the progress toward real equality for LGB people.

Hate crime and violence

Health

Holocaust

International

The situation for LGBT people and their rights is very different around the world. If in some European countries same-sex partners can marry and sexual orientation discrimination is prohibited by law, in some countries throughout the world LGBT people are subjected to discrimination and in the worst case - death penalty.

Marriage and partnership

ILGA-Europe campaigns for the legal recognition of same-sex families.

Multiple identities

Parenting

ILGA-Europe campaigns for equal parenting rights to same-sex partners.

Pride events

While is some European countries Pride events are festive celebrations of diversity, in other countries LGBT people are being prevented by the state to even organise a Pride parade, or when daring to come out to the streets, they are facing fierce opposition, assaults and violence.

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"Equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in Europe"

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