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# UK drops from 10th to 14th place in Rainbow Europe Map and Index
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/uk-drops-from-10th-to-14th-place-in-rainbow-europe-map-and-index/
- Published: 2022-05-12T12:00:49.000Z
- Updated: 2022-05-12T11:24:43.000Z
- Description: According to ILGA Europe, the UK has suffered a significant drop in ranking because the Government is not effectively protecting on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity.
- Author: Graham Robson
- Tags: News, Amnesty, Amnesty International, ILGA-Europe, LGBT, LGBTQ, Rainbow Europe

The **UK** has [dropped from 10th to 14th place](https://www.ilga-europe.org/rainboweurope/2022?ref=scenemag.co.uk) in **Rainbow Europe** – **ILGA Europe**’s annual benchmarking tool – which comprises the **Rainbow Map and Index** and national recommendations. ILGA Europe has produced the map and index since 2009, using it to illustrate the legal and policy situation of LGBTQ+ people in Europe.

According to ILGA Europe, the UK has suffered a significant drop in ranking because the Government is not effectively protecting on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity.

This comes at a time of widespread political and media anti-trans sentiment, while the British government is not moving on long-promised reforms on gender recognition and banning so-called ‘conversion therapy’ for all.

**Malta** topped the list for being respectful and working to afford equal rights for all, with **Denmark** and **Belgium** coming in second and third respectively.

Bottom of the list were **Russia**, **Armenia**, **Turkey** and **Azerbaijan**. **To see the full list, [CLICK HERE](https://www.ilga-europe.org/rainboweurope/2022?ref=scenemag.co.uk)**

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/screenshot-2022-05-12-at-12-04-52.png)

Responding to the news, **Lydia Parker**, **Amnesty International UK**’s Women’s Rights Director, said: “Today’s publication of the annual ILGA Europe Rainbow Map and Index is a depressing – but sadly unsurprising – indictment of the current treatment of trans and non-binary rights in the UK. To see the UK’s ranking drop so significantly is a stark reminder of the lack of equal protections afforded to this group.

“From the UK government’s failure to reform the **Gender Recognition Act**, to their recent exclusion of trans and non-binary people from the long-awaited ban on conversion therapy – trans and non-binary people have once again been left behind, with a Government that chooses not to uphold their human rights.

“Right now, the Government has an opportunity to do the right thing: They must ensure a draft bill includes trans and non-binary people – because a ban on conversion therapy that is not LGBTQ+ inclusive is not a real ban on conversion therapy at all.”

**To see the full list, [CLICK HERE](https://www.ilga-europe.org/rainboweurope/2022?ref=scenemag.co.uk)**