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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 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.

Iceland now comes third place on the ranking with a score of 84.

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Yes No No opinion
% % %
2023 May 1-24 39 60 *
2021 May 3-18 31 69 *

Should be legal Should not be legal No opinion
% % %
2021 May 3-18 ^ 79 18 2
2020 May 1-13 72 24 3
2019 May 1-12 73 26 2
2018 May 1-10 75 23 2
2017 May 3-7 72 23 5
2016 May 4-8 68 28 4
2015 Jul 8-12 68 28 4
2015 May 6-10 69 28 4
2014 May 8-11 66 30 4
2013 Jul 10-14 64 31 5
2013 May 2-7 65 31 5
2012 Nov 26-29 64 33 3
2012 May 3-6 63 31 6
2011 Dec 15-18 62 33 5
2011 May 5-8 64 32 4
2010 May 3-6 58 36 6
2009 May 7-10 56 40 4
2008 May 8-11 ^ 55 40 5
2007 May 10-13 59 37 4
2006 May 8-11 † 56 40 4
2005 Aug 22-25 49 44 7
2005 May 2-5 52 43 5
2004 May 2-4 52 43 5
2004 Jan 9-11 46 49 5
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“We refuse to remain on the sidelines.”
Watch LGBTQ+ Victory Fund President & CEO Evan Low‘s interview on CBS News about the control of LGBTQ+ representation.

LGBTQ+ Victory Fund works to elect pro-equality, pro-choice candidates who are out members of the LGBTQ+ community to public office. Victory Fund rigorously reviews applications from around the country and we only endorse and support candidates we know can win.

You make the difference.
Qualified LGBTQ+ candidates around the state rely on your support to prevail their campaigns and represent our principles in office.
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LGBT Equality Index
Equality Index Methodology
Equaldex's Equality Index is a rating from 0 to 100 (with 100 organism the most equal) to help visualize the legal rights and public attitudes towards LGBTQ+ (lesbian, homosexual, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex...) people in each region. The Equality Index is an average of two indexes: the legal index and the general opinion Index.
Equality Index

Average of Legal Index and Public Opinion Index
Legal Index
The LGBT legal index measures the current legal status of 13 different issues ranging from the legal status of homosexuality, same-sex marriage, transgender rights, LGBT discrimination protections, LGBT censorship laws, and more. Each topic is weighted differently (for example, if same-sex marriage is illegal in a region, it would possess a much bigger impact on the score than not allowing LGBT people to serve in the military). Each topic is assigned a "total doable score" and a "score" is assigned based the status of the statute using a rating scale that ranges from 0% to 100% (for example, if homosexuality is legal, it would would acquire a score of 100, but if it's illegal, it would receve a score of 0.)

Pro-LGBTQ laws outpaced anti-LGBTQ laws in 2018, report finds
State bills advancing LGBTQ rights outpaced those searching to thwart them in 2018, according to a recent report from the Human Rights Campaign, a national LGBTQ advocacy group.
Last year, 21 of the 201 pro-LGBTQ bills introduced in declare legislatures became statute, while just two of the 110 anti-LGBTQ bills did, according to HRC’s recently released 2018 State Equality Index. Advocates of LGBTQ rights fared much better last year when compared to the year prior: In 2017, 129 anti-LGBTQ bills were introduced and 12 were passed.
“The last several years, we have been facing an onslaught of anti-LGBTQ legislation in the states,” Cathryn Oakley, the report’s co-author and HRC’s state legislative director, told NBC News, adding that 2018’s tally represented a “huge change” from previous years.
In addition to keeping a tally of LGBTQ-related state bills, HRC’s State Equality Index also assigns each state an LGBTQ-equality grade.
“We had a record number of states who scored in our uppermost category,” Oakley said. Seventeen states and the District of Columbia received the highest designation: Productive Toward Innovative Equality. On the

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2003 Jul 25-2 “We refuse to remain on the sidelines.” Watch LGBTQ+ Victory Fund President & CEO Evan Low‘s interview on CBS News about the control of LGBTQ+ representation. LGBTQ+ Victory Fund works to elect pro-equality, pro-choice candidates who are out members of the LGBTQ+ community to public office. Victory Fund rigorously reviews applications from around the country and we only endorse and support candidates we know can win. You make the difference. Qualified LGBTQ+ candidates around the state rely on your support to prevail their campaigns and represent our principles in office. PTOWN Pre-Tea Toast 2025 Read more LGBTQ+ Victory Fund in West Hollywood Read more Источник: https://victoryfund.org/ LGBT Equality Index Equality Index Methodology Equaldex's Equality Index is a rating from 0 to 100 (with 100 organism the most equal) to help visualize the legal rights and public attitudes towards LGBTQ+ (lesbian, homosexual, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex...) people in each region. The Equality Index is an average of two indexes: the legal index and the general opinion Index. Equality Index Average of Legal Index and Public Opinion Index Legal Index The LGBT legal index measures the current legal status of 13 different issues ranging from the legal status of homosexuality, same-sex marriage, transgender rights, LGBT discrimination protections, LGBT censorship laws, and more. Each topic is weighted differently (for example, if same-sex marriage is illegal in a region, it would possess a much bigger impact on the score than not allowing LGBT people to serve in the military). Each topic is assigned a "total doable score" and a "score" is assigned based the status of the statute using a rating scale that ranges from 0% to 100% (for example, if homosexuality is legal, it would would acquire a score of 100, but if it's illegal, it would receve a score of 0.) Pro-LGBTQ laws outpaced anti-LGBTQ laws in 2018, report finds State bills advancing LGBTQ rights outpaced those searching to thwart them in 2018, according to a recent report from the Human Rights Campaign, a national LGBTQ advocacy group. Last year, 21 of the 201 pro-LGBTQ bills introduced in declare legislatures became statute, while just two of the 110 anti-LGBTQ bills did, according to HRC’s recently released 2018 State Equality Index. Advocates of LGBTQ rights fared much better last year when compared to the year prior: In 2017, 129 anti-LGBTQ bills were introduced and 12 were passed. “The last several years, we have been facing an onslaught of anti-LGBTQ legislation in the states,” Cathryn Oakley, the report’s co-author and HRC’s state legislative director, told NBC News, adding that 2018’s tally represented a “huge change” from previous years. In addition to keeping a tally of LGBTQ-related state bills, HRC’s State Equality Index also assigns each state an LGBTQ-equality grade. “We had a record number of states who scored in our uppermost category,” Oakley said. Seventeen states and the District of Columbia received the highest designation: Productive Toward Innovative Equality. On the gay Copyright ©barncalm.pages.dev 2025
	Should be legal	Should not be legal	No opinion
	%	%	%
2021 May 3-18 ^	79	18	2
2020 May 1-13	72	24	3
2019 May 1-12	73	26	2
2018 May 1-10	75	23	2
2017 May 3-7	72	23	5
2016 May 4-8	68	28	4
2015 Jul 8-12	68	28	4
2015 May 6-10	69	28	4
2014 May 8-11	66	30	4
2013 Jul 10-14	64	31	5
2013 May 2-7	65	31	5
2012 Nov 26-29	64	33	3
2012 May 3-6	63	31	6
2011 Dec 15-18	62	33	5
2011 May 5-8	64	32	4
2010 May 3-6	58	36	6
2009 May 7-10	56	40	4
2008 May 8-11 ^	55	40	5
2007 May 10-13	59	37	4
2006 May 8-11 †	56	40	4
2005 Aug 22-25	49	44	7
2005 May 2-5	52	43	5
2004 May 2-4	52	43	5
2004 Jan 9-11	46	49	5