Ranking reveals the best and worst places to be LGBTQ+ in Europe
LGBTQ+ advocacy group ILGA-Europe’s annual ‘Rainbow Europe’ index has revealed the best and worst places to be LGBTQ+ in the continent.
Published on 11 May, the report examined the advances made in each country in the 12 months from January to December 2022. Countries are given a score from zero to 100 per cent, with the lower end reflecting poor human rights and the higher reflecting an equal society.
Malta, where EuroPride is due to take place in September, came out on top for the eighth year in a row with a score of 89 per cent.
Among its successes in 2022 were the Ministry of Health announcing that men who have sex with men (MSM) will be able to donate blood on an equal basis with others and the country’s Gender Wellbeing Clinic being relocated to a bigger and more accessible location. READ MORE: Europe moves towards self-ID for trans people Belgium occupies second place with a score of 76 per cent, a rise of four points due to the inclusion of gender identity and sex characteristics as aggravating factors in the country’s penal code.
