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Report: Surge in anti-LGBTI speech in EU, Romania
A report published by the LGBT advocacy group ILGA-Europe shows that hate speech against the lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and intersex (LGBTI) community from officials across Europe, Romania included, has been increasing in the last period.
The 13th Annual Review of the Human Rights Situation of LGBTI People in Europe and Central Asia alarmingly reports hate speech from politicians in 32 European countries over the course of last year, 19 of them member states of the EU.
“The vast majority of anti-trans statements instrumentalize children, using scare tactics to create opposition to trans minors’ access to healthcare and restrictions on education. This is a broader trend we see in the utilize of children, with politicians across Europe claiming that limiting access to information about LGBTI people prevents harm to minors,” the report states.
“This fear-mongering has also directly led to a further rise in attacks on LGBTI people. Of the 54 countries reporting in the Review, only six of them reported no hate crime in 2023. I
What’s the context?
Florin Buhuceanu hopes to become Romania's first openly LGBTQ+ MP next month - and win recognition for same-sex unions
- Buhuceanu wants to be Romania's first openly LGBTQ+ MP
- Romania ordered to recognise same-sex unions last year
- Prime minister says country isn't ready for progress
BUCHAREST - An LGBTQ+ activist aiming to become Romania's first openly gay MP says he is fed up with politicians lacking the "courage" to recognise same-sex civil unions despite a 2023 order to do so by a top European court.
Florin Buhuceanu is running for Renewing Romania's European Project (REPER), a liberal minority party, and is the first openly LGBTQ+ person to stand for election in the socially conservative country.
The nation of 19 million goes to the polls on Dec. 1. to elect members of parliament, alongside a two-round presidential contest on Nov. 24 and Dec. 8.
In 2019, he and his partner of 10 years Victor Ciobotaru took Romania to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) for refusing to recognise their relationship and denying them the same rights
Rainbow Map
2025 rainbow map
These are the main findings for the 2025 edition of the rainbow map
The Rainbow Map ranks 49 European countries on their respective legal and policy practices for LGBTI people, from 0-100%.
The UK has dropped six places in ILGA-Europe’s Rainbow Map, as Hungary and Georgia also register steep falls following 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 general 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 charact
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