Where can you find country-specific information about LGBTI+ people?

This page is here to help you collect information about LGBTI+ people by country. Are you stuck with questions for a specific case? You can also contact the helpdesk of the Integratie and Inburgering (Integration) agency.

 

Responsible use of information

Handle country-specific information carefully, including the sources we mention below.
 

International LGBTI+ organisations

Several international LGBTI+ organisations are active in defending human rights in the field of sexual orientation and gender identity. These international LGBTI+ organisations regularly produce reports:

International human rights organisations

A number of human rights organisations consider LGBTI+ rights as a specific theme and thus provide useful information about them:
 

Diplomacy

Embassies and consulates can also provide important information:

 

The US Department of State publishes annual country reports. Each report contains a standard chapter on sexual orientation and gender identity.

Touristic information

Country information is also available via websites that inform LGBT+ tourists about LGBT+ rights at their holiday destinations:
 

  • Globalgayz.com contains information from news sites and LGBT+ tourists. You can find tourist information as well as news and information about the legal situation. You can find information from just about every country in the world, even if it is sometimes outdated or not very relevant for asylum cases.
     
  • IGLTA.org is the website of the International LGBTQ+ Travel Association. The website offers free travel information. The organisation behind the website works to promote equality and security within LGBTQ+ tourism worldwide.

Databases, services and online documentation centres

There are a number of regular channels that can potentially (but not exclusively) provide information on sexual orientation and gender identity in various countries:
 

  • Vluchtelingenwerk Vlaanderen’s Refugee Information Hotline answers all questions related to asylum seekers and refugees.
     
  • Would you like to know more about the asylum procedure in Belgium? Or would you like to accompany asylum seekers in a language they understand? Then take a look at Fedasil info – the official information platform for asylum seekers in Belgium. Among other things, you will find information about the asylum procedure. The website is only available in Belgium. You will find information in fourteen languages: Dutch, French, English, German, Arabic, Farsi, Pashtu, Russian, Spanish, Portugese, Albanian, Turkish, Somali and Tigrinya. Ten of these languages also have an audio version.

 

Networks abroad

Several associations (both LGBTI+ and otherwise) have networks with contact people from grassroots organisations abroad who directly or indirectly stand up for LGBTI+ people:
 

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