ILGA-Europe’s 10th annual report found the UK has dropped significantly in the equality index, moving from the top spot several years ago to 10th place now, which the LGBTQ+ rights organisation attributes mainly to the UK’s increasing hostility towards trans people.
The UK is now lagging behind Malta, which holds the number one spot, as well as Belgium, Luxembourg, Norway, France, Denmark, Spain, Portugal and Finland.ILGA warned that in some UK areas, hate crimes have been increasing, which it attributes “in part to an increase in reporting, but also influenced by increasing hostility in UK-wide media towards trans identities and communities”.