Global lgbt
ILGA World maps are among the most distributed visual representations of how LGBTIQ people are affected by laws and policies around the world.
The scope of our long-standing rights mapping has expanded thanks to the ILGA World Database. With that platform, ILGA maps have grow interactive and constantly updated, to surpass cover sexual orientationrefers to a person’s capacity for profound emotional, affectional and sexual attraction to - and intimate and sexual relations with - individuals of a alternative gender or the same gender or more than one gender. More, gender identityrefers to a person’s deeply felt internal and individual experience of gender, which may or may not correspond with the sex assigned at birth. More and verbalization, and sex characteristicsa term that refers to physical features relating to sex - including genitalia and other sexual and reproductive anatomy, chromosomes, hormones, and secondary physical features emerging from puberty. More (SOGIESCabbreviation standing for sexual orientation and gender self & expression, and sex characteristics. More) issues globally.
Our LGBTIQ rights maps cover more than 100 topics, as well as how SOGIESCabbrev The Rainbow Map ranks 49 European countries on their respective legal and policy practices for LGBTI people, from 0-100%. The UK has dropped six places in ILGA-Europe’s Rainbow Map, as Hungary and Georgia also register steep falls following anti-LGBTI legislation. The data highlights how rollbacks on LGBTI human rights are part of a broader erosion of democratic protections across Europe. Read more in our press release. “Moves in the UK, Hungary, Georgia and beyond signal not just isolated regressions, but a coordinated global backlash aimed at erasing LGBTI rights, cynically framed as the defence of tradition or public stability, but in reality designed to entrench discrimination and suppress dissent.” With 85 points, Belgium jumped to second place after adopting policies tackling hatred based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics. Iceland now comes third place on the ranking with a score of 84. The three ILGA World and GPP invite civil society, philanthropy and donor governments representatives to submit expressions of interest to join the regional expert groups for the LGBTI Pathways Project. Apply by Monday, 18 August, 23:59 CEST! Study more From the grassroots to the international stages, throughout 2024 we continued to support our LGBTI communities worldwide, navigating together a hour when reactionary forces continue to assault social justice movements and erode decades of progress Study more Civil society organisations convey concerns about acts of intimidation, reprisal and retaliation against Special Procedures, which constitute “a harsh hindrance to multilateralism and international justice” Read more See more of more than 2,000 member organisations from 170 countries campaigning for the human rights of lesbian, gay, double attraction, trans, and intersex people. Since 1978. Since 1978, we possess been committed to equal human rights for rainbow communities and their liberation from all forms of discrimination. Read our story We support LGBTI civil society worldwide through advocacy and research projects, and give grassroots movemen LGBT and intersex people tackle discrimination and human rights abuse in every nation of the world, ranging from loss of jobs and housing to excessive violence and even murder. Approximately 80 countries still criminalize LGBT relationships in some way, and many other types of laws deny even the most basic rights and dignity to LGBT and intersex people. While legal rights are an important measure of how any nation treats its LGBT and intersex citizens, it is only one measure of broader social acceptance and of realities faced by LGBTI men and women. For the first time in U.S. history, the Obama Administration has leveraged our diplomatic and development assets and our embassies worldwide to address widespread hostility and abuse directed at LGBT and intersex persons. In a signature advance to include sexual orientation and gender identity issues in its global policies, the Administration issued, in December 2011, a Presidential Memorandum to Advance the Human Rights of LGBT Persons. This executive request outlines White House priorities for all federal agencies with international programs and responsibilities to address the rights of LGBT people, and to report progr Your privacy is important to us. We want to be sure you grasp how and why we use your data. View our Privacy Statement for more details. This also includes information on how we use cookies. Accept Criminalisation: Maximum punishment: Death penalty Criminalisation: Maximum punishment: Life imprisonment Criminalisation: Maximum punishment: Death by stoning Criminalisation: Maximum punishment: Eight years imprisonment and 100 lashes Criminalisation:
Rainbow Map
2025 rainbow map
These are the main findings for the 2025 edition of the rainbow map
Malta has sat on top of the ranking for the last 10 years.
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