Unconscious bias and LGBTI: Discover more

The International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia was created in 2004 to draw the attention to the violence and discrimination experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex people and all other people with diverse sexual orientations, gender identities or expressions, and sex characteristics. The date of May 17th was specifically chosen to commemorate the World Health Organization’s decision in 1990 to declassify homosexuality as a mental disorder.

A useful interactive map called "Rainbow Europe" where they rank each country (on the European continent) based on: equality and non-discrimination, family, hate crime & hate speech, legal gender recognition & bodily integrity, civil society space and asylum.

The mission of Project Implicit is to educate the public about bias and to provide a “virtual laboratory” for collecting data on the internet. Project Implicit scientists produce high-impact research that forms the basis of our scientific knowledge about bias and disparities.

The FRA is the independent centre of reference and excellence for promoting and protecting human rights in the EU. It help make Europe a better place to live and work. It helps defend the fundamental rights of all people living in the EU.

The resources provided here are aimed at helping United Nations staff to communicate in a gender-inclusive way in the six official languages of the Organization.
Available in ES, EN, FR, AR, RU, ZH

These reports analyse discrimination within individual countries. It focuses on discrimination based on a wide variety of grounds, among them age, disability, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, religion and political opinion.

Find out about the first international standard on measures to combat discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity

The Council of Europe standards and mechanisms seek to promote and ensure respect for the human rights of every individual. These include equal rights and dignity of all human beings, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons.

ILGA-Europe are an independent, international non-governmental umbrella organisation bringing together over 600 organisations from 54 countries in Europe and Central Asia. They are part of the wider International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association, but are a separate legal entity.

OII Europe is a Intersex-led umbrella organisation working for human rights of intersex people in Europe.

TGEU is a member-based organisation created in 2005. Since then, TGEU has kept growing and established itself as a legitimate voice for the trans community in Europe and Central Asia with 157 member organisations in 47 different countries. Today, TGEU has an office in Berlin, Germany, as well as a team of 10 members of staff and a Board.

Out & Equal is the premier organization working exclusively on LGBTQ workplace equality. Through our worldwide programs, Fortune 500 partnerships and our annual Workplace Summit conference, we help LGBTQ people thrive and support organizations creating a culture of belonging for all.

Auf Genderleicht.de finden Sie nützliche Tipps & Tools, wie Sie diskriminierungsfrei schreiben und sprechen können.

The national findings (US) underscore the persistence of workplace double standards and social isolation faced by LGBTQ+ people.

Many people refrain from talking about sexual orientation and gender identity or expression because it feels taboo, or because they’re afraid of saying the wrong thing. This glossary was written to help give people the words and meanings to help make conversations easier and more comfortable. LGBTQ+ people use a variety of terms to identify themselves, not all of which are included in this glossary. Always listen for and respect a person’s self identified terminology.