Lgbti stands for
In many EU Member States, lesbian, lgbtq+, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people run the peril of discrimination and harassment on a daily basis. Prejudices and misconceptions about homosexuality and gender nonconforming people further fuel intolerant attitudes and behaviour towards this community. FRA has carried out explore in this area since , including legal as successfully as empirical (qualitative) research.
Sexual orientation and gender self have increasingly been recognised as discrimination grounds in international law. Under EU law, lesbian, multi-attracted and gay people are currently protected from discrimination on the ground of sexual orientation only in the field of employment. Meanwhile, transgender people are legally protected from discrimination under EU law on the ground of sex to the extent that discrimination arises from gender reassignment.
FRA research has revealed how LGBTI people face discrimination across all areas of life, and how they are vulnerable to verbal and physical attacks, choosing to remain largely invisible out of fear of negative consequences.
Our glossary
Automatic co-parent recognition: covers when children born to same-sex couples are not facing any barriers in order to be recognised legally from birth to their parents.
Biphobia: the dread , unreasonable anger, intolerance or/and hatred toward bisexuality and bisexual people.
Bisexual: when a person is emotionally and/or sexually attracted to persons of more than one gender.
Civil union: see Registered partnership.
Cisgender:A term that refers to a person who does not identify as trans.
Cohabitation rights: two persons living together at the similar physical address can, in some European countries (and regions), make a legal agreement on some practical matters (which vary from country to country). The rights emanating out of cohabitation are limited.
Coming-out: the process of revealing the identification of a woman-loving woman, gay, bisexual, trans or intersex person.
“Conversion therapy”: Any sustained effort to revise a person’s sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, based upon the assumption that a person’s sexual orientation, gender
LGBTQI
LGBTQI FactsRFSL
LGBTQI is an umbrella phrase for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer people.
The L, G, and B refer to sexual orientation, who a person feels romantically and/or sexually attracted to.
The T refers to gender persona and expression.
Q refers to lgbtq+ in relation to sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, or relationships and sexual practice, but it also represents a critical view of existing norms.
I refers to intersex, which is an umbrella term used for a variety of experiences in which a person is born with, or develops, a reproductive or sexual anatomy that does not fit the typical definitions of female or male. An intersex person may identify as female, male, or neither.
The first day that the acronym, LGBT (hbt), was used in print in Sweden was in in RFSL’s member magazine, Kom Ut &#; the purpose was to broaden terms such as gay and homosexual.
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faktaLGBTQThe acronym LGBTI stands for lesbians, gays, bisexuals as well as trans and intersex persons.
LGBTI persons trial violence and discrimination in the public sphere, at the workplace, in social institutions and organisations, in families and relationships.
LGBTI persons affected by violence also experience structural discrimination, which can make finding assist and overcoming violence difficult.
Trans persons consider it an act of discrimination when their gender identity is not acknowledged.
While growing up, intersex person often own to undergo hormonal treatment or genital surgery, which the affected persons encounter as violence and which can result in traumatisation. Advocacy groups of intersex persons condemn such practices as human rights violations.
Specialised Counselling Centres and Women’s Shelters
There are also specialised counselling centres and women’s shelters that support lesbians, bisexual women, as adequately as trans and intersex persons. These support facilities decide on an individual basis how they can support the abovementioned persons