A comparative analysis of national LGBTIQ equality action plans in the EU
In November 2020, the European Commission announced its first-ever LGBTIQ Equality Strategy. Recognising that discrimination, violence and social exclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, non-binary, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) people persists throughout the European Union (EU), the Commission proposed several action points to advance LGBTIQ equality in the EU, in close cooperation with the Member States. Based on a wide-scale survey among LGBTIQ people, the EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) reported in 2020 that significant proportions of L