The rights of LGBTI people in the European Union

We are on May 17, International Day to Fight LGBTIphobia. It is commemorated that the World Health Organization eliminated homosexuality from the main mental health manuals, thus changing the way in which it was conceived socially. Shortly thereafter, in 1995, Spain repealed the Social Danger Law, no longer considering homosexuals as dangerous people who pervert the rest of society.

"In every social group we have a certain percentage of LGBT+ people. The right, the left and the centre are not environments where such people do not exist," says MEP Krzysztof Śmiszek in an interview with the Plotek website. He thus referred to the question of whether there are homophobes among Polish politicians who "secretly have affairs with men". In his opinion, it is "pathetic and condemnable" that "even being a homosexual person, one can …

Belgium rose from three to two in the European ranking for LGBTI+ rights. Good news just before Pride in Brussels this weekend. But elsewhere, rights are crumbling, from Hungary to the UK and the US. Vanessa (45), Laurenzo (22) and Marion (64) testify what it is like to be part of a community that is under pressure.

Metapolitics Morelia, Michoacán .– The figures speak with the strength of what still remains to change: 4 out of 10 LGBTI+ people suffer discrimination in Michoacan. In the entity, 133,669 people self-identify themselves as part of the LGBTI+ population, representing 3.7% of the state total. A fact that, beyond statistics, names the existence of thousands of people who have found in the self-affirmation an act of daily resistance. However, livin…

The new report by Ilga-Europe has evaluated the human rights situation of LGBTI people in Europe. A multi-layered picture is shown in the border triangle.

The rights of LGBTI people in the European Union

Written by David de Groot. The prohibition of discrimination and the protection of human rights are important elements of the EU legal order. Nevertheless, discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people persists throughout the EU and takes various forms, including verbal abuse and physical violence. Sexual orientation is now recognised in EU law as grounds of discrimination. However, the scope of the provi…