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HEALTH (Gender identity)
INDEX 2023

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EQUALITY ACTION PLAN (Gender identity)
EQUALITY & NON-DISCRIMINATION

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EQUALITY ACTION PLAN (Sex charachteristics)

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BLOOD DONATION

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MARRIAGE EQUALITY

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HATE SPEECH LAW (Sexual orientation)

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POLICY TACKLING HATRED (Sexual orientation)

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HATE SPEECH LAW (Gender identity)

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POLICY TACKLING HATRED (Gender identity)

HATE CRIME &

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HATE CRIME LAW (Intersex)

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NAME CHANGE

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SELF-DETERMINATION

WWW.RAINBOW-EUROPE.ORG
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NON-BINARY RECOGNITION

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NO COMPULSORY SURGICAL INTERVENTION

LEGAL GENDER RECOGNITION

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DEPATHOLOGISATION
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PROHIBITION OF MEDICAL INTERVENTION WITHOUT

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INTERSEX

EXISTENCE OF EFFECTIVE MONITORING MECHANISM

BODILY INTEGRITY

ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS AND REPARATIONS

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SPACE

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LGBTI HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS

CIVIL SOCIETY

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EXPRESSION (National/local)
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LAW (Sexual orientation)

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POLICY/OTHER POSITIVE MEASURES (Sexual orientation)

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LAW (Gender identity)

REFLECTING THE LEGAL AND POLICY HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION OF LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANS AND INTERSEX (LGBTI) PEOPLE IN EUROPE

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POLICY/OTHER POSITIVE MEASURES (Gender identity)

ASYLUM

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LAW (Intersex)
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POLICY/OTHER POSITIVE MEASURES (Intersex)

UK
ITALY

SPAIN
NORTH
MALTA

SERBIA
LATVIA

RUSSIA

TURKEY
GREECE
FRANCE
CYPRUS

IRELAND

POLAND
FINLAND
AUSTRIA
ALBANIA

UKRAINE
SWEDEN
ICELAND
ESTONIA
BELARUS

BELGIUM

CZECHIA
ARMENIA

CROATIA

NORWAY
GEORGIA

ROMANIA

SLOVENIA
MONACO

SLOVAKIA
DENMARK
BULGARIA

KOSOVO*
HUNGARY
GERMANY
ANDORRA

LITHUANIA

MOLDOVA

PORTUGAL
MACEDONIA
AZERBAIJAN

BOSNIA HERZ

SAN MARINO

SWITZERLAND
LUXEMBOURG

NETHERLANDS
MONTENEGRO
LIECHTENSTEIN
%
TOTAL
SCORE

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8

4
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12

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31

61

18
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14
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37

67
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29
57
70

62
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47
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39

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25
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36

24

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30
35
35
30
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56
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55

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