Gay rights rainbow

Rainbow Railroad monitors conditions in the over 70 countries that criminalize same-sex intimacy. For a detailed look at those countries, see ILGA’s state-sponsored report on homophobia.

The Issue

Rainbow Railroad monitors conditions in the over 70 countries that criminalize same-sex closeness. For a detailed watch at those countries, view ILGA’s state-sponsored report on homophobia.

GLOBAL

Below is a list of media reports in relevant regions of our work.

CARIBBEAN

• &#;Jamaica should repeal homophobic laws, rights tribunal rules,&#;The Guardian,
• “Paradise Lost: The Plight of LGBT People in the Eastern Caribbean,” Human Rights See,
• “In Caribbean, vibrant lgbtq+ rights movement fights homophobia,” RFI,
• “Lawsuits in four Caribbean countries challenge colonial-era sodomy laws,” Washington Blade,
• “The facade of LGBTQ progress in Cuba,” Xtra Magazine,
• “Lawyer and gay-rights advocate says homophobia is ‘pervasive’ in Caribbean,” Global News,
• “Battleground Barbados: LGBT

  The Progress Pride flag was developed in by non-binary American artist and artist Daniel Quasar (who uses xe/xyr pronouns). Based on the iconic rainbow flag from , the redesign celebrates the diversity of the LGBTQ community and calls for a more inclusive community. In , the V&A acquired a bespoke applique version of the Progress Pride flag that can be seen on display in the Design – Now gallery.
  
  

  'Progress' is a reinterpretation of multiple iterations of the pride flag. The original 'rainbow flag' was created by Gilbert Baker in to observe members of the gay and dyke political movement. It comprised eight coloured stripes stacked on top of each other to evoke a rainbow, a symbol of aspire . Baker assigned a specific meaning to each colour: pink for sex, red for life, orange for healing, yellow for sunlight, verdant for nature, turquoise for magic, indigo for serenity and violet for energy. A year later the pink and turquoise stripes were dropped owing to a shortage of pink fabric at the time and legibility concerns, resulting in the six-colour rainbow flag most commo

  The Complicated, Disputed History of the Rainbow Flag

  Every year in June, rainbow flags emerge on the façades of homes and businesses to celebrate Pride. The market for rainbow party favors and rainbow novelty clothing booms. In the other months of the year, rainbow bunting and rainbow crosswalks still demarcate LGBTQ+ businesses and historic gayborhoods, creating a visual map of the gay world. In other words, all across the globe, rainbow colors are a reliable signal that something homosexual is afoot.

  But when the first gay rainbow flags flew over San Francisco in , they weren’t intended to be an international symbol for a growing social movement. The story of the rainbow flag is a lot more complicated than most tellings would suggest: It starts with an anti-gay ballot initiative and ends with accusations of a decades-long lie.

  First, the ballot proposition. In the spring of , queer Californians were under attack. As I explore in Slow Burn: Gays Against Briggs, a right-wing backlash against the rising visibility of gay people was sweeping the country. A conservative state s
  

  Rainbow Map

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  These are the main findings for the edition of the rainbow map

  The Rainbow Blueprint ranks 49 European countries on their respective legal and policy practices for LGBTI people, from %.

  The UK has dropped six places in ILGA-Europe’s Rainbow Map, as Hungary and Georgia also register steep falls following anti-LGBTI legislation. The data highlights how rollbacks on LGBTI human rights are part of a broader erosion of democratic protections across Europe. Read more in our press release.

  “Moves in the UK, Hungary, Georgia and beyond signal not just isolated regressions, but a coordinated global backlash aimed at erasing LGBTI rights, cynically framed as the defence of tradition or public stability, but in reality designed to entrench discrimination and suppress dissent.”

  • Katrin Hugendubel, Advocacy Director, ILGA-Europe

  
  Malta has sat on foremost of the ranking for the last 10 years. 

  With 85 points, Belgium jumped to second place after adopting policies tackling hatred based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics.