Best state for gays
Rainbow Map
rainbow map
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 obeying 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.
State Equality Index
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The Human Rights Campaign State Equality Index (SEI) is a comprehensive state-by-state report that provides a review of statewide laws and policies that change LGBTQ+ people and their families.
The SEI rates all 50 states plus Washington, D.C. in six areas of regulation and assigns the states to one of four separate categories.
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Articulate Categories
In these states, advocates emphasize on raising assist for basic Gay equality, such as non-discrimination protections in employment, housing and public accommodations. These states are most likely to possess religious refusal or other anti-LGBTQ+ laws. Advocates often further LGBTQ equality by focusing on municipal protections for Homosexual people or rival negative legislation that targets the Gay community.
States in this category include:
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Happy Pride Month, one and all! It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and to commemorate, we asked Time Out’s LGBTQ+-identifying writers and editors to tell us all about their favourite metropolis on the planet. The resulting list covers all four corners of the globe, from the beaches of Brazil to the creative hub of Glasgow’s Southside. These are cities with a vibrant homosexual community, cities that endorse and protect LGBTQ+ citizens and visitors, and cities that are notable hubs for Gay life in their respective countries and regions. So, what are the world’s most LGBTQ+-friendly cities? While we couldn’t possibly entitle them all, these are some of our favourites.
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Best and worst states for LGBTQ folks? Divide worsens after 'Don't Say Gay,' report says
Amid a wave of anti-LGBTQ legislation, the gap between states that are welcoming to the LGBTQ collective and those that are not is widening. The lack of progress may lead to a intellect drain as workers elect areas that are more tolerant, according to a new business climate ranking given exclusively to USA TODAY.
New York had the most equitable climate for the LGBTQ community while South Carolina ranked the lowest, according to the fourth annual State Queer Business Climate Index from the global LGBTQ business advisory Out Leadership.
But while New York held the uppermost spot for the second consecutive year and South Carolina scored the worst for the third year in a row, the shifting scores of many states in between showcase the nation's widening divisions around issues ranging from LGBTQ inclusion to reproductive rights, says Todd Sears, Out Leadership's founder and CEO.
"The states that are getting worse for LGBT people are also getting worse for women and for people of color,'' Sears says