Equal rights for gays, lesbians, bi-sexual, trans and inter-sex (LGBTI) people are still patchy across Europe, with advances in some areas offset by discrimination, hate-speech, bullying and violence elsewhere.
The 2013 review of the human rights situation of LGBTI people by the Brussels-based NGO ILGA-Europe found that "degrading, offensive and defamatory language" is one of the "most common trends" across the continent.
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