Rights LGBTQI+

Northern Ireland and Austria (Europe) : LGBT rights

The LGBT rights are widely diverse in Europe per country. Sixteen out of the 26 countries that have legalised same-sex marriage worldwide are situated in Europe. Not many European countries have legalised civil unions or other forms of more limited recognition for same-sex couples. Same-sex marriage is recognized in 14 country of Europe. The first to have legalized is sweden in 2009 (two thousand and nine). And we have 18 countries who have legalized the civil Union. The first to have legalized is Netherlands.

The top three European countries in terms of LGBT equality according to ILGA-Europe are Malta, Belgium and Norway. Western Europe is often regarded as being the most progressive region in the world for LGBT people to live in.

But the laws and equality in the LGBT take a long time to apply.

We will see two countries where the LGBT rights, we had change during this year.

For the first country we have Northern Ireland when in 2019 there was a change. Same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland is not legally recognised, with same-sex marriages performed outside Northern Ireland recognised as civil partnerships within its borders.

However, legislation requiring the UK Government to issue regulations extending same-sex marriage to Northern Ireland passed the Parliament in July 2019. The regulations will come into effect on thirteen January 2020

The GPA is forbidden and Since 2016, men allowed to donate blood

The decisions that were made are Same marriage for all in thirteen january 2020

The Public opinion about this choice is that seventy percent of UK residents agreed that same-sex marriage should be legalised in Northern Ireland

seventy-two percent of women supported same-sex marriage, compared to forty percent of men, with support rising to seventy one percent for Unionists aged between 18 and 24 years of age

The second country that we have studied is Austria. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights have advanced significantly in the 21st century. Both male and female same-sex sexual activity are legal in Austria.

Registered partnerships were introduced in 2010, giving same-sex couples some of the rights of marriage. Stepchild adoption was legalised in 2013, while full joint adoption was legalised by the Constitutional Court of Austria in January 2015. Since 2014, lesbian couples have the access to the In Vitro Fertilisation but for all the members of the LGBTQI+ community, donating blood is forbidden.

On the 5th of December 2017, was legalised the same-sex marriage, and the ruling went into effect on the 1st of January 2019. The decisions about LGBT rights are made by the Austrian Constitutional Court.

The Public opinion has evolved a lot since the end of the 20th century. In 2006, the European Union supervised a survey of 30 000 people, and it revealed that Austrians were in favor of same-sex marriage by 49%.

An other survey conducted in September 2018, twelve years after the first one, said that 74% of Austrians supported same-sex marriage and 26% were against.

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Situation in 2019

Same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland is not legally recognised, with same-sex marriages performed outside Northern Ireland recognised as civil partnerships within its borders

However, legislation

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