Just in time for International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, this color-coded map displays the state of LGBT rights in Europe. The Russian Federation received the lowest marks by far.
ILGA-Europe has today published its 2013 report (Rainbow Europe) of what it is like for LGBT folk to live in each of the 58 European countries:
The scale goes from dark green (full equality, respect of human rights) to dark red (gross violations of human rights, discrimination).
Compare with the 2012 Rainbow Map:
This map rates each European country’s laws and administrative practices according to 42 categories and ranks them on a scale between 30 (highest score: respect of human rights and full legal equality of LGBT people) and -12 (lowest score: gross violations of human rights and discrimination of LGBT people).
Source: ilga-europe.org
At the national level, we see that developments are at times taking completely opposite directions. Some countries are moving towards marriage equality, better protection mechanisms against discrimination and violence, ensuring easier and more humane procedures for legal gender recognition. However these advances are often accompanied by a social backlash, including increased violence. In other countries, the most worrying development is the introduction of more restrictive and discriminatory measures such as the laws banning 'homosexual propaganda'.
The lowest score goes to the Russian Federation which recieved a value of only 7, one point ahead of Azerbaijan and Armenia.
This report is published just days after a man was reportedly raped and killed in Russia after coming out.
Via: Alexander Demianchuk / Reuters
