Monday, May 11, 2015

Where To Live?

Well one place is Scotland; it seems that the Scotland is one of the most friendly LGBT country in Europe,
Scotland tops gay rights league for Europe
LBGTI people experience more equality in Scotland than any other country in Europe, according to the annual Rainbow Index
The Telegraph
By Telegraph Men
11 May 2015

Scotland has been rated the best country in Europe for respecting the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people.

The country comes ahead of the rest of the UK in the 2015 Rainbow Index, an annual ranking compiled by human rights organisation ILGA-Europe.

Under the ranking, each member state of Europe is given a percentage score that reflects the progress of equality for LBGTI people in its judicial and social systems. The score is derived from 48 criteria, which include legal protections from discrimination in employment and services, policy to tackle hate crime, and equality in family law including same-sex marriage.

Scotland scored 92pc to come top of the table. The UK as a whole was second, with 86pc, and Belgium third (83pc). Malta were a surprise fourth (77pc), up from eighth the preceding year
The ILGA-Europe Rainbow Map there are some countries that are downright hostile to LGBT people. Turkey has an index rating of 12%, Italy has only  a 22% rating and some of the other countries are not far behind Italy.

I wonder how accurate the index is? Is it like the HRC CEI where companies has polices that no one follows?

The criteria for the index is here.

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