| Author (Person) | Rettman, Andrew |
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| Series Title | EUObserver |
| Series Details | 16.5.11 |
| Publication Date | 16/05/2011 |
| Content Type | News |
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On the 17 May 2011, the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia was marked by ILGA-Europe by issuing the rainbow Europe Map and Index. This looked at progress made by European countries towards respecting human rights and ensuring full legal equality of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people (LGBT). The main trends observed 2010-11 were: + None of the countries in Europe can claim to provide for full legal equality for LGBT people. Every country in Europe still has work to do to achieve LGBT equality – even those which scored the highest on the Index (the United Kingdom (12,5 points) or Sweden and Spain (12 points)) + 14 countries (including 1 EU Member State) are in the ‘red zone’: gross violations of human rights and discrimination are taking place + There are significant variations between countries in Europe: while some have progressed in the past year (e.g. Germany, Portugal), many others are not advancing towards greater recognition of rights (e.g. Cyprus, Italy, Latvia, Malta, Turkey, Ukraine), while in others (e.g. Lithuania, Hungary) ILGA Europe observed the risks of regress |
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| Source Link | http://euobserver.com/9/32341 |
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| Countries / Regions | Europe |
