Overview

• The UK has dropped to 22nd place in ILGA-Europe's 2025 Rainbow Map, its lowest ranking since the index began in 2009.
• A UK Supreme Court ruling defining 'sex' as biological under the Equality Act led to the removal of all points for legal gender recognition in the ranking.
• The UK now ranks 45th in Europe for trans rights, alongside countries like Bulgaria, Hungary, and Russia.
• The country lost additional points for lacking a conversion therapy ban, restricting trans youth healthcare, and issues with LGBTQ+ asylum protections.
• Advocacy groups have urged the UK government to restore legal protections for trans individuals and address policy gaps to halt further decline.