Equality

Geschlecht, sexuelle Ausrichtung und Geschlechtsidentität

Highlights

  • Report / Paper / Summary
    3
    März
    2026
    Violence against women remains widespread in the European Union (EU). This joint report by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) and the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) presents detailed findings from the EU gender-based violence survey. It offers in-depth analysis of the scale, nature and drivers of violence and exposes the structural gender inequality. Building on the 2024 publication, EU gender-based violence survey - Key results, and following up on FRA’s 2014 report, Violence against women: an EU-wide survey, this report tracks trends over the last decade across the EU. Eurostat, FRA, and EIGE jointly conducted the survey. It is based on over 100,000 interviews covering all 27 EU Member States.
  • Report / Paper / Summary
    24
    Februar
    2026
    The start of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine on 24 February 2022 shocked the global community and gave rise to a
    series of urgent fundamental rights challenges across Europe. While much attention has focused on the scale of devastation and its wider impact on all Ukrainians, the war has also inflicted profound personal harm. This report sheds light on the violence, sexual harassment and exploitation experienced by women displaced from Ukraine. Drawing on a survey and in-depth interviews with women from Ukraine, the report documents the prevalence, forms and patterns of gender-based violence and sets out practical measures to improve safety, access to justice and support.
  • Video
    There are no truly safe spaces for women. At home, at work, in public or online, 1 in 3 women and girls have experienced some form of gender-based violence. This ranges from hate, harassment, abuse, to physical and sexual violence. Women are being silenced and harmed - online and offline - every day, as the EU gender-based survey findings show. But we have the tools to fight it. By preventing violence before it starts, by strengthen legal protection, by funding support services for victims and by training police and healthcare professionals.
  • Report / Paper / Summary
    17
    September
    2025
    This report highlights the discrimination, harassment, violence, and non-consensual medical interventions faced by intersex people across 30 European countries, based on responses from nearly 2,000 participants in FRA's 2023 EU LGBTIQ Survey III. It reveals that many intersex individuals also identify as trans, non-binary, gender-diverse and have varied sexual orientations, which further compounds their experiences of discrimination. The report aims to support the development of laws and policies that promote the inclusion and dignity of intersex people.
    Produkte
    16
    November
    2016
    A free and pluralist media is vital to the democratic functioning of the European
    Union (EU) and its Member States. However, journalists and other media actors
    in the EU face various challenges, including violence, threats and other forms of
    pressure, both direct and indirect.
    30
    Mai
    2016
    The European Union (EU) and its Member States introduced and pursued numerous initiatives to safeguard and strengthen
    fundamental rights in 2015. Some of these efforts produced important progress; others fell short of their aims. Meanwhile,
    various global developments brought new – and exacerbated existing – challenges.
    30
    Mai
    2016
    Im Jahr 2015 haben die Europäische Union (EU) und ihre Mitgliedstaaten
    zahlreiche Maßnahmen für die Wahrung und Stärkung der Grundrechte
    ergriffen und durchgeführt. Der von der FRA vorgelegte Grundrechte-
    Bericht 2016 bietet eine Zusammenfassung und Analyse der wichtigsten
    einschlägigen Entwicklungen, wobei sowohl die erzielten Fortschritte als
    auch die nach wie vor bestehenden Hindernisse beleuchtet werden. Darüber
    hinaus äußert sich die FRA in dieser Veröffentlichung zu den wichtigsten
    Entwicklungen in den genannten Themenbereichen und gibt einen
    Überblick über die ihren Stellungnahmen zugrunde liegenden Evidenzdaten.
    Insgesamt bietet diese Veröffentlichung einen knappen, aber informativen
    Überblick über die größten Herausforderungen, mit denen die EU und ihre
    Mitgliedstaaten im Bereich der Grundrechte konfrontiert sind.
    These infographics combine the views from representatives of professional groups with findings from FRA's hate crime and discrimination survey of LGBT people. Each infographic looks at a different sector: education, healthcare, policing and governments at work.
    These infographics combine the views from representatives of professional groups with findings from FRA's hate crime and discrimination survey of LGBT people. Each infographic looks at a different sector: education, healthcare, policing and governments at work.
    These infographics combine the views from representatives of professional groups with findings from FRA's hate crime and discrimination survey of LGBT people. Each infographic looks at a different sector: education, healthcare, policing and governments at work.
    These infographics combine the views from representatives of professional groups with findings from FRA's hate crime and discrimination survey of LGBT people. Each infographic looks at a different sector: education, healthcare, policing and governments at work.
    16
    März
    2016
    The fundamental rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people are often not respected across the EU. Public officials and other professionals in education, healthcare and law enforcement are entrusted with the duty to ensure that everyone’s fundamental rights are protected and promoted.
    11
    Dezember
    2015
    Während das Bewusstsein für die Rechte von lesbischen, schwulen, bisexuellen, transsexuellen und intersexuellen
    (LGBTI-)Personen in der Europäischen Union (EU) zunimmt, gibt es nach wie vor Hürden, die LGBTI daran hindern,
    ihre Grundrechte in vollem Umfang wahrzunehmen. Dieser Bericht stellt eine Aktualisierung der vergleichenden
    rechtlichen Analyse der FRA zum Thema Diskriminierung aufgrund der sexuellen Ausrichtung und Geschlechtsidentität
    aus dem Jahr 2010 dar: Homophobie, Transphobie und Diskriminierung aufgrund der sexuellen Ausrichtung und der
    Geschlechtsidentität.
    25
    Juni
    2015
    Im Jahr 2014 stellten die Mitgliedstaaten und Institutionen der Europäische Union (EU) eine Reihe von rechtlichen und politischen
    Maßnahmen vor, um die Grundrechte in der EU zu gewährleisten. Trotz dieser Bemühungen bleibt immer noch viel
    zu tun. In einigen Bereichen ist die Situation beunruhigend: die Zahl der MigrantInnen, die gerettet oder auf See festgenommen
    wurden, als sie die Grenzen der EU versuchten zu erreichen, vervierfachte sich seit 2013; mehr als ein Viertel der Kinder
    in der EU sind von Armut oder sozialer Ausgrenzung bedroht; immer mehr politische Parteien verwenden fremdenfeindliche
    und gegen MigrantInnen gerichtete Rhetorik in ihren Kampagnen, was dazu führen kann, dass mehr Personen anfälliger
    werden, Opfer von Straftaten oder Hassverbrechen zu werden.
    New strategic guidelines in the area of freedom, security and justice by the European Council placed increasing mutual trust, strengthening the protection of victims and reinforcing the rights of accused persons and suspects high on the EU policy agenda. Many EU Member States adopted new laws or reformed existing laws and policies in this area, while efforts continued at UN, Council of Europe and EU level to strengthen the rule of law, judicial independence and the efficiency of justice systems, as cornerstones of a democratic society.
    12
    Mai
    2015
    Trans* Personen, deren Geschlechtsidentität oder Ausdrucksformen des Geschlechts von dem bei der Geburt zugewiesenen Geschlecht abweichen, sind heute in der Europäischen Union (EU) häufig Diskriminierung, Belästigung und Gewalt ausgesetzt. Diese Realität löst Ängste aus, die viele von ihnen veranlassen, ihr eigentliches Selbst zu verstecken oder zu verschleiern. Dieser Bericht untersucht die Fragen Gleichbehandlung und Diskriminierung aus zwei Perspektiven, nämlich sexuelle Orientierung und Geschlechtsidentität.
    12
    Mai
    2015
    This paper examines the legal situation of intersex people from a fundamental rights perspective. It draws on evidence from the Agency’s updated legal analysis on homophobia, transphobia, and discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity, which now includes a section on intersex issues.
    Developments in equality and non-discrimination in 2014 were marked by the EU’s efforts to become more inclusive. Working actively to counter discrimination in all its forms and to foster equal treatment requires sustained efforts by all interested parties, so EU institutions worked closely with Member States and FRA to raise awareness on issues of discrimination, including on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity, or to encourage recourse to redress mechanisms.
    9
    Dezember
    2014
    Trans persons, or those whose gender identity and/or gender expression differs from the sex assigned them at birth, face frequent discrimination, harassment and violence across the European Union (EU) today. This reality triggers fears that persuade many to hide or disguise their true selves. This report examines issues of equal treatment and discrimination on two grounds, namely sexual orientation and gender identity. It analyses data on the experiences of 6,579 trans respondents from the EU Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) survey, the largest body of empirical evidence of its kind to date.
    This video was shown in the beginning of the high-level conference “Tackling sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination: next steps in EU and Member State policy making”.
    This video message by Ulrike Lunacek was produced for the high-level conference “Tackling sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination: next steps in EU and Member State policy making”.




    This video message by Conchita Wurst was produced for the high-level conference “Tackling sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination: next steps in EU and Member State policy making”.
    On 28 October 2014, the Italian Presidency of the Council of the EU, in cooperation with FRA and the General Secretariat of the Council, hosted the high-level conference “Tackling sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination: next steps in EU and Member State policy making”.
    29
    Oktober
    2014
    Primarily using data and information collected from five EU Member States, this paper briefly describes the phenomenon of forced marriage and selected legislative measures taken to address it. It lists promising practices
    for the prevention of forced marriage and for supporting victims. The paper covers only one among many forms of violence against women analysed by FRA in its Violence against women: an EU-wide survey. Main results report (2014).