Members of the LGBTI+ community face less discrimination, but more physical or sexual assault than three years ago, according to a poll conducted by the European Union’s Fundamental Rights Agency and released today.
THE pollwhich was conducted online among a sample of more than 100,000 people, who identify themselves as members of the LGBT+ communitywas conducted in June, July and August 2023 and found only minor, overall, changes compared to the previous poll of this type three years earlier, the Agency says in the report of its findings published today.
“More LGBTI+ people in Europe are today open about their identity. At the same time, however, they face more violence, harassment and intimidation than before,” the Vienna-based FRA said in a statement.
Data, which was adjusted to allow a comparison between the findings of the two polls, shows that the proportion of respondents from the 27 EU member states who said they had experienced physical or sexual assault because they were members of the LGBTI+ community rose to 14% in the five years preceding the poll, up from 11% in the previous one.
The phenomenon appears most strongly, among EU countries, in Bulgaria (18%) and Latvia (17%). Transgender and intersex people were the most attacked.
Around 36% of EU respondents said they had felt discriminated against in at least one area of their lives in the time leading up to the latest poll because they are LGBTI+, up from 42% in the previous poll.
The countries with the highest percentages are Bulgaria and Cyprus, both with 48%.
People who said they had experienced the most discrimination were intersex (61%) and transgender (54%), the only two categories with rates above 50%.
According to the protothema, the areas of life concerned the working environment, education, health care, contact with public services, but also the treatment in shops, restaurants, bars and night clubs.
The countries with candidate status for EU membership, Albania, North Macedonia and Serbia, also took part in the poll.
“Being openly a member of the LGBTQI+ community in Europe shouldn’t be a struggle. While we see signs of progress, intimidation, harassment and violence remain constant threats,” FRA chief Sirpa Rotio said in a statement.
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