Portugal drops five places in the index on the rights of LGBTI people
Portugal places in the European index on the legal status and policies of peopleI, due to the lack of action plan against the existence of four countries, yet nowhere among 49 countries.
According to data released by ILGA Europe, which annually analyzes and classifies the legal, social and political of Lesbian, Gay and Intersex (LGBTI) people in 49 countries, Portugal fell from 4th place to 9th place. place in 2021.
The initiative serves to mark the International and National Day for the Fight against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, which is celebrated on May 17, and demonstrates that important steps have been taken in the rights of LGBTI people in several countries.
“On the contrary, some countries that once led LGBTI+ rights are descending the ladder, as is the case with Portugal, while others are at risk of following the precedent of countries where LGBTI+ rights are being instrumentalized for the political”, he says. ILGA Portugal, in reaction to the data now known.
Portugal achieves 62% (out of 10%) globally, reaching the public – operationally working on which it is said that LGBTI activists without any limits at risk, do not have freedom of expression or that associations can on the part of the State – and lowest (33%) in terms of asylum.
On this specific issue, ILGA Europe refers to the fact that Portugal needs public policies and other measures in terms of the same that “contain express reference to all sexual orientations, gender identities, gender expression and sexual characteristics”.
ILGA Europe still sends other people to Portugal so that they find themselves in a situation of LGBTI and, namely, the end of the therapeutic calls in terms of sexual orientation and better gender identity, or the clarification of the intersex legal protection of genital mutilation.
In relation to this last issue, ILGA Europe suggests “a policy implementation that establishes clear rules for the informed and guarantee the intended effect of protecting as intersex people from interventions without their consent”.
For ILGA Portugal, the drop of five places directly in the ‘ranking’ is related to the fact that the government’s Action Plan to Combat Discrimination on the grounds of Sexual Orientation, Identity and Gender Expression (2018-2021) and the following has not yet been published.
“In a context, violence and current contexts in the homophobic and transphobic context are advancing in all quadrants, including in this urgent defense in this legislature the investment in specific public responses and policies such as LGBTI+ people”, president of ILGA Portugal in a statement.