LGBT guide to Europe

In our guide you will find information about various European organisations and their institutions. Europe is the most advanced continent in terms of LGBT rights. Much of the success was acheived because of the work by the national LGBT organisations and their lobbying successes at the European level. Exploring this guide you will learn how these organisations work and how their work is relevant to LGBT people.

We also aiming to build a comprehensive information resource on the situation for LGBT people in each European country and hope you will help us by providing missing information on your country!

Country-by-country

ILGA-Europe has an ambitious plan to build a unique resource providing information on the situation for LGBT people and their rights in each European country.

European Union

In this section you wil find out what is the European Union and its institution as well as what relevance do they have to LGBT rights

Council of Europe

This section will provide information about the Council of Europe and its institution, the European Convention on Human Rights and their relevance to LGBT people

Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe

In this section you will find out more about the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), its institutions and their relevance to LGBT rights

ilga / Europe /
Pan Africa ILGA is the African Region of the International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA). It gathers 41 organizations throughout the region working for human rights and equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex people.

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