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Implementation report on the EU LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025

TA-9-2024-0076 · P9_TA(2024)0076 · PE756.097

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Parliament's resolution reviews how the EU LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025 has been implemented and sets out what should happen next. It calls for EU anti-discrimination law to cover sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics, and deplores that the horizontal anti-discrimination directive has been blocked in the Council since 2008. It asks the Commission and member states to ban conversion practices, genital mutilation and forced sterilisation, and to act against hate speech, hate crimes and violence. It calls for EU-wide recognition of same-sex marriages, partnerships and parenthood, for legal gender recognition, and for free movement of rainbow families. It asks for funding and support for LGBTIQ+ civil society organisations, human rights defenders and asylum applicants, and for a new strategy for 2025-2030.

Key points

  1. Welcomes the Commission's LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025 and its progress report, but regrets that some key actions have not been implemented and notes disparities between member states.
  2. Says real equality is still far off and expresses concern about discrimination and violence suffered by LGBTIQ+ persons in the EU.
  3. Deplores that the horizontal anti-discrimination directive has been blocked in the Council since 2008 and urges the Council to act on Parliament's position.
  4. Calls for sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics to be included in EU anti-discrimination legislation.
  5. Highlights discrimination faced by LGBTIQ+ people in housing, employment, healthcare, education, social protection and care, and for older people, rural residents and people with disabilities.
  6. Expresses concern about LGBTIQ+ asylum applicants, especially trans and intersex persons, and calls for EU asylum and migration policy to take their situation into account.
  7. Condemns rising hate speech, hate crimes and violence against LGBTIQ+ persons, including online, and calls for prevention, training of police and judicial officers, and better reporting.
  8. Calls on the Commission to explore banning conversion practices at EU level and supports the European citizens' initiative 'Ban on conversion practices in the European Union'.
  9. Calls for bans on intersex genital mutilation, female genital mutilation, forced abortions and forced sterilisation, and for exchange of best practices on intersex children's rights.
  10. Insists on EU-wide recognition of same-sex marriages, partnerships and parenthood, legal gender recognition, and free movement and citizenship rights for rainbow families.
  11. Calls for adequate and flexible funding for LGBTIQ+ civil society organisations and human rights defenders, better communication on funding, and protection of defenders in the EU and third countries.
  12. Calls on the Commission to draw up a new LGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy for 2025-2030 with a timeline, implementation plan, mainstreaming structure and an Equality and Diversity Commissioner.

Who is affected

  • LGBTIQ+ people in the EU, who face discrimination and violence in housing, employment, healthcare, education and other services.
  • Trans, non-binary and intersex people, who face barriers to legal gender recognition and risks from facial recognition technology.
  • Rainbow families and same-sex parents, whose marriages, partnerships and parenthood are not recognised in all member states.
  • LGBTIQ+ asylum applicants, including those from third countries classified as safe countries.
  • LGBTIQ+ civil society organisations and human rights defenders, who need funding and protection.

Figures and deadlines

  • 2 % of LGBTIQ+ persons in the EU are estimated to have been submitted to 'conversion practices'.
  • 5 % of LGBTIQ+ persons in the EU are estimated to have been offered conversion.
  • The horizontal anti-discrimination directive has been blocked in the Council since 2008.
  • Member states are called to adopt national LGBTIQ+ action plans and strategies until 2025.
  • The Commission is asked to communicate a timeline on the next LGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy before the 2024 European Parliament elections.

Legal basis: Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union