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ILGA World maps are among the most shared 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 Planet Database. With that platform, ILGA maps have become interactive and constantly updated, to better 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 equal 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 expression, 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 identity & statement, and sex characteristics. More)

Rainbow Europe Map and Index

The Rainbow Europe Route finds that over the past 12 months a new dynamic has appeared to fill in the gaps that exist around LGBTI rights and thrust standards, giving governments soil to build upon as democracy in Europe faces exceptional challenges.

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This year we observe positive movement on the Rainbow Map and Index, notably:

  • Denmark has jumped seven places to complete second spot in the ranking. The reason for Denmark’s jump is that it is taking the lead in filling in anti-discrimination gaps in current legislation, including the equivalent treatment law, which covers health, education, employment, goods and services, and the penal code to comprise sexual orientation, gender self, gender expression and sex characteristics as aggravating factors in hate crime.
  • More countries are pushing forward for equality by giving due recognition and protection for people’s lived realities. Iceland was awarded points because of its legislative recognition of trans parenthood, among other things, while Germany introdu

    International Travel

    Travelers can meet unique challenges abroad based on their real or perceived sexual orientation. Laws and attitudes in some countries may affect safety and ease of travel. 

    More than 60 countries consider consensual lgbtq+ relations a crime. In some of these countries, people who engage in consensual same-sex relations may face harsh punishment. Many countries undertake not recognize gay marriage.

    Research your destination before you travel 

    Review the travel advisory and destination information page of the place you plan to visit. Check the Local Laws & Customs section.  This has information specific to travelers who may be targeted by discrimination or violence on the basis of sexual orientation.  

    Many countries only recognize male and female sex markers in passports. They do not have IT systems at ports of entry that can accept other sex markers, including valid U.S. passports with an X sex marker. If traveling with a valid U.S. passport with an X sex marker, check the immigration regulations for your destination as acceptance can v

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    These are the main findings for the edition of the rainbow map

    The Rainbow Map ranks 49 European countries on their respective legal and policy practices for LGBTI people, from %.

    The UK has dropped six places in ILGA-Europe’s Rainbow Map, as Hungary and Georgia also register steep falls tracking 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.”

    • Katrin Hugendubel, Advocacy Director, ILGA-Europe


    Malta has sat on top of the ranking for the last 10 years. 

    With 85 points, Belgium jumped to second place after adopting policies tackling hatred based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics.