West is Best

ILGA Europe "Equality for lesbian, gay etc people in Europe" have completed their 2011 review of LGBT rights in 49 European countries from Portugal to Russia. They look at rights in each country from equality to gender recognition and have a 180 page report with a summary of each country.

There's also a handy map (green=good, yellow/white=piss poor, red=totally vile) of the countries' scores. UK comes top with 21 points, Germany and Spain second equal with 20. France is equal 22nd with Albania, Bulgaria and Romania; Italy is even worse at position 30. Unsurprisingly Moldova and Russia are bottom. Click the headline for the full list and references.

What's the betting that the Eurovision song contest results will be in the opposite order?

Rank	Country	Points
1	UK	21
2	Germany	20
3	Spain	20
4	Sweden	18
5	Belgium	17
6	Netherlands	16
7	Norway	15
8	Portugal	15
9	Hungary	14
10	Austria	12
11	Iceland	12
12	Finland	11
13	Croatia	10
14	Czech Rep.	9
15	Denmark	9
16	Ireland	9
17	Slovakia	9
18	Slovenia	9
19	Luxembourg	8
20	Montenegro	8
21	Switzerland	6.5
22	Albania	6
23	Bulgaria	6
24	France	6
25	Romania	6
26	Serbia	6
27	Bosnia&Herz.	5
28	Andorra	3
29	Lithuania	3
30	Italy	2.5
31	Estonia	2
32	Greece	2
33	Kosovo**	2
34	Poland	2
35	Cyprus	1
36	Georgia	1
37	Latvia	1
38	Malta	0
39	Belarus	-1
40	Liechtenstein	-1
41	Monaco	-3
42	San Marino	-3
43	Turkey	-3
44	Armenia	-4
45	Azerbaijan	-4
46	FYR Macedonia	-4
47	Ukraine	-4
48	Moldova	-4.5
49	Russia	-4.5

Click for References
Full report
Larger map as pdf
Wall chart with detailed rankings