Last year the UK had plummeted to no 14 but now in 2023 it has fallen even lower and according to this year’s Rainbow Map, is now ranked number 17. This is not a surprise to many in the queer community as anti-LGBTQ+ violence is notably on the rise in the UK
Since 2009, ILGA-Europe has ranked each country out of 100. A score of 0% means it grossly violates human rights, while 100% means they do anything but. The group looks at all the puzzle pieces that make up LGBTQ+ rights: equality and non-discrimination, family, hate crime and hate speech, legal gender recognition, intersex bodily integrity, civil society space, and asylum.
The rankings make very interesting reading with Malta top of the list, with a score of 89%, with Belgium (76%), Denmark (75%) and Spain (74%) all not far behind, At the other end of the scale The worst countries for LGBTQ+ people in Europe are Azerbaijan (2%), Turkey (4%), and Armenia (8%). Each country has been at the bottom for the last two years, though Armenia has clocked a few more points for throwing out its ban on queer men donating blood.
ILGA-Europe says it is increasingly worried about how politicians and the press discuss trans people with UK prime minister Rishi Sunak saying ‘trans women are not women’ Plus the UK plans to off-shore some asylum seekers to Rwanda which will imperil already vulnerable LGBTQ+ migrants fleeing from poverty.
Jayne Ozanne, a former LGBTQ+ government advisor who quit over its handling of conversion therapy, adds: ‘The UK government should be deeply ashamed that on their watch the UK is plummeting down the European ranking scale on LGBQT+ human right
http://www.rainbow-europe.org/#8666/0/0
Labels: 2023, ILGA Europe, Rainbow Map, rights plummeting, Uk LGBTQ Rights
