Mick Hartley

Oh dear.

‘UK Ranked Second-Worst Place in Western Europe for LGBTI+ Rights’

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It’s based on TQ+ not LGB.

‘Rainbow Map of Europe from the European branch of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association’
https://t.co/TRPi9Bv9kS

— SEEN in Journalism (@JournalismSEEN) May 19, 2026

It’s all about trans. From the article:

The index produces each country’s score based on criteria including constitutional rights, employment law and marriage equality. In 2026, the UK scored worst on factors related to legal gender recognition, including recognition of trans parenthood and non-binary identities. It scored zero out of the four measures looking at intersex rights and earned only one out of six points for protection of LGBTI+ identity as grounds for asylum. 

Following a Supreme Court ruling on the interpretation of sex as biological in April 2025, public authorities were told that they could face prosecution if they failed to update guidance on the provision of single-sex services. 

Among the other policy directives affecting the UK’s worsening score were new laws announced in May 2025 that sports teams could ask to see birth certificates to determine a player’s sex, and former home secretary Wes Streeting’s announcement of a review into gender-affirming hormone treatment. Moves to criminalise conversion therapy have also been shelved. 

Leftwing journalist Owen Jones called the results “a cause for national shame”. 

A cause for national pride, in fact – leading the way in rolling back the trans bandwagon.