Homophobia and Discrimination on

<strong>Homophobia</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Discrimination</strong> on Grounds of Sexual Orientation <strong>and</strong> Gender Identity in the EU Member States
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Attitudes towards having a homosexual as a neighbour
According to the Eurobarometer, in the EU as a whole, 11 per cent said that they would
be uncomfortable having a homosexual as a neighbour (answering 1-3 on the scale),
<strong>and</strong> 67 per cent would be comfortable (answering 7-10 on the scale).
The countries, where the highest proportion of respondents would be comfortable having
a homosexual neighbour, are the Netherl<strong>and</strong>s <strong>and</strong> Sweden (91 per cent) followed by
Denmark, Belgium <strong>and</strong> France.
At the other end of the scale, Romania is the country with the highest proportion of
respondents being uncomfortable having a homosexual as a neighbour (36 per cent),
followed by Lithuania, Latvia, Bulgaria <strong>and</strong> Hungary.
According to these Eurobarometer results, on average, men are more negative than
women, older generations more negative than young, less-educated persons more
negative than more-educated, <strong>and</strong> persons with right-wing views more negative than
those with left-wing views.
Good practice: Awareness-raising campaign. In Pol<strong>and</strong> the first awareness-raising
campaign promoting acceptance of gays <strong>and</strong> lesbians "Let them see us" was organised