Dear Subscriber,
Recent news of alleged anti-gay purge in the Chechnya republic of the Russian
Federation illustrate the risks young people can encounter coming out as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or intersex (LGBTI). While violent repression is decreasing, the ILGA rainbow map 2016 and TGEU Transgender Map shows that LGBTI individuals are confronted with laws, policies and practices that limits equal access to their rights in many European
countries. On 17 May, International day against homophobia and transphobia, the Council of Europe calls for policy makers, authorities, and citizens to speak up for the protection of the human rights of LGBTI persons.