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ILGA-Europe is the European region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA World). It is an advocacy group promoting the interests of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people, at the European level. Its membership comprises more than 500 organisations from throughout Europe and Central Asia. The association enjoys consultative status at the United Nations Economic and Social Council and participatory status at the Council of Europe. Council of Europe, accessed 2 November 2013.
Initially ILGA-Europe worked entirely on the basis of volunteer resources. However, in 2001, its potential contribution to the European Union's anti-discrimination policies (established under Article 13 of the Treaty of Amsterdam) was recognised through the provision of core funding, currently through the PROGRESS Programme. This enabled ILGA-Europe to set up an office in Brussels, to recruit permanent staff, and to conduct an extensive programme of work in relation to sexual orientation discrimination within the EU Member States and the accession countries. Financial support from the Sigrid Rausing Trust, the Open Society Institute, Freedom House, the US State Department and the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science of the Netherlands allows ILGA-Europe to extend its work in areas not covered by EU funding, including Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and on transgender issues.
ILGA-Europe has hosted its annual conference at the end of October, since 2000, where member organisations elect the executive board and decide on the next year's working priorities.
ILGA-Europe works with EU Institutions, the Council of Europe and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe to promote equality by lobbying and advocacy, including supporting the adoption of the proposed EU Anti-Discrimination Directive, that would ban discrimination on the grounds of age, disability, religion or belief and sexual orientation in all areas of EU competence. It also uses strategic litigation at the European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice to end discrimination, by identifying gaps in protections, encouraging organisations and individuals to develop court cases, and support such cases with legal resources and amicus curiae briefs.
For the 2014 European Parliament election, ILGA-Europe promoted its Come Out 2014 European Election Pledge to candidate MEPs, which focused on priority LGBTI issues for the 2014–2019 Parliament: an EU roadmap on LGBTI equality; EU human rights enforcement; completing the EU Anti-Discrimination directive; combating homophobic and transphobic violence; an inclusive definition of 'family'; trans rights and gender dysphoria; action against school bullying; health discrimination and inequalities; LGBTI asylum seekers; and making the EU champion LGBTI rights worldwide. 187 elected MEPs (25 percent) signed the pledge, including 83 members of the PES, 14 ALDE members and 14 from the EPP.
Today ILGA-Europe has more than 20 staff who work in four areas: Advocacy, Communications, Finance and Administration, and Programmes. All are based at the organisation's office in the European Quarter in Brussels.
| Albania | 38% | 38% | 42% | 34% | 33% | 33% | 31% | 31% | 33% | 32% | 35% | 36% | 35% | –3% | 2015 | –6% | 26 | 16 | 28 |
| Andorra | 21% | 21% | 31% | 32% | 35% | 35% | 28% | 35% | 35% | 32% | 37% | 44% | 43% | 22% | 2024 | –1% | 23 | 22 | 34 |
| Armenia | 8% | 9% | 9% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 1% | 2014–15, 2024–25 | 0% | 46 | 46 | 48 |
| Austria | 43% | 52% | 52% | 64% | 56% | 56% | 50% | 50% | 50% | 48% | 49% | 50% | 54% | 11% | 2016 | –10% | 16 | 12 | 20 |
| Azerbaijan | 8% | 7% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | –6% | 2013 | –6% | 48 | 47 | 49 |
| Belarus | 14% | 14% | 14% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 12% | 12% | 11% | 10% | –4% | 2013-15 | –4% | 45 | 39 | 45 |
| Belgium | 67% | 78% | 83% | 82% | 72% | 79% | 73% | 73% | 74% | 72% | 76% | 78% | 85% | 18% | 2025 | 0% | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 20% | 20% | 29% | 39% | 31% | 31% | 31% | 37% | 40% | 38% | 40% | 40% | 40% | 20% | 2021, 2023–25 | 0% | 24 | 21 | 35 |
| Bulgaria | 18% | 30% | 27% | 24% | 23% | 24% | 13% | 20% | 20% | 18% | 20% | 23% | 21% | 3% | 2014 | –9% | 38 | 25 | 41 |
| Croatia | 48% | 56% | 71% | 67% | 62% | 51% | 47% | 46% | 46% | 45% | 49% | 50% | 49% | 1% | 2015 | –22% | 20 | 5 | 20 |
| Cyprus | 20% | 20% | 18% | 32% | 29% | 29% | 23% | 31% | 31% | 31% | 31% | 35% | 34% | 14% | 2024 | –1% | 29 | 26 | 37 |
| Czech Republic | 35% | 35% | 35% | 32% | 29% | 29% | 26% | 26% | 26% | 26% | 26% | 30% | 33% | –2% | 2013-15 | –2% | 30 | 18 | 33 |
| Denmark | 57% | 60% | 68% | 71% | 68% | 68% | 68% | 68% | 64% | 74% | 76% | 76% | 80% | 23% | 2025 | 0% | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| Estonia | 29% | 35% | 34% | 36% | 33% | 39% | 35% | 38% | 38% | 36% | 36% | 46% | 46% | 17% | 2024–25 | 0% | 21 | 19 | 25 |
| Finland | 47% | 45% | 62% | 75% | 68% | 73% | 69% | 66% | 65% | 60% | 70% | 71% | 70% | 23% | 2016 | –5% | 6 | 4 | 17 |
| France | 64% | 64% | 65% | 67% | 71% | 73% | 63% | 56% | 57% | 64% | 63% | 62% | 61% | –3% | 2018 | –12% | 15 | 4 | 15 |
| Georgia | 21% | 26% | 36% | 30% | 26% | 26% | 30% | 30% | 27% | 25% | 25% | 25% | 12% | –9% | 2015 | –24% | 44 | 22 | 44 |
| Germany | 54% | 56% | 56% | 55% | 54% | 59% | 47% | 51% | 52% | 53% | 55% | 66% | 69% | 15% | 2025 | 0% | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| Greece | 28% | 31% | 39% | 58% | 47% | 52% | 49% | 48% | 47% | 52% | 57% | 71% | 69% | 41% | 2024 | –2% | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Hungary | 55% | 54% | 50% | 51% | 45% | 47% | 41% | 33% | 33% | 30% | 30% | 33% | 23% | –32% | 2013 | –32% | 37 | 11 | 37 |
| Iceland | 56% | 64% | 63% | 59% | 47% | 47% | 47% | 54% | 54% | 63% | 71% | 83% | 84% | 28% | 2025 | 0% | 3 | 2 | 18 |
| Ireland | 36% | 34% | 40% | 55% | 52% | 52% | 47% | 52% | 53% | 53% | 54% | 57% | 63% | 27% | 2025 | 0% | 14 | 14 | 22 |
| Italy | 19% | 25% | 22% | 29% | 27% | 27% | 22% | 23% | 22% | 25% | 25% | 25% | 24% | 5% | 2016 | –5% | 35 | 32 | 36 |
| Kosovo | 14% | 17% | 18% | 32% | 30% | 33% | 28% | 35% | 35% | 35% | 35% | 36% | 35% | 21% | 2024 | –1% | 28 | 24 | 39 |
| Latvia | 20% | 20% | 18% | 18% | 17% | 16% | 17% | 17% | 17% | 22% | 22% | 24% | 26% | 6% | 2025 | 0% | 34 | 33 | 41 |
| Liechtenstein | 16% | 18% | 19% | 18% | 18% | 18% | 14% | 18% | 19% | 20% | 20% | 28% | 29% | 13% | 2025 | 0% | 32 | 32 | 40 |
| Lithuania | 21% | 22% | 19% | 18% | 17% | 21% | 23% | 23% | 23% | 24% | 24% | 28% | 24% | 3% | 2024 | –4% | 36 | 30 | 39 |
| Luxembourg | 28% | 28% | 43% | 50% | 46% | 47% | 70% | 73% | 72% | 68% | 68% | 70% | 68% | 40% | 2020 | –5% | 10 | 2 | 28 |
| Malta | 35% | 57% | 77% | 88% | 88% | 91% | 90% | 89% | 94% | 92% | 89% | 88% | 89% | 54% | 2021 | –5% | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| Moldova | 10% | 17% | 16% | 11% | 13% | 13% | 14% | 19% | 20% | 21% | 39% | 39% | 38% | 28% | 2023–24 | –1% | 25 | 23 | 45 |
| Monaco | 10% | 10% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 10% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 13% | 13% | 14% | 14% | 4% | 2024–25 | 0% | 43 | 43 | 46 |
| Montenegro | 27% | 47% | 46% | 45% | 39% | 38% | 36% | 62% | 63% | 63% | 61% | 48% | 49% | 22% | 2021–22 | –14% | 19 | 8 | 26 |
| Netherlands | 60% | 70% | 69% | 66% | 64% | 60% | 50% | 62% | 61% | 56% | 56% | 59% | 64% | 4% | 2014 | –6% | 13 | 4 | 14 |
| North Macedonia | 13% | 13% | 13% | 18% | 16% | 14% | 11% | 25% | 27% | 27% | 29% | 31% | 29% | 16% | 2024 | –2% | 31 | 31 | 44 |
| Norway | 66% | 68% | 69% | 76% | 78% | 78% | 68% | 68% | 67% | 68% | 67% | 70% | 69% | 3% | 2017–18 | –9% | 9 | 2 | 9 |
| Poland | 22% | 28% | 26% | 18% | 18% | 18% | 18% | 16% | 13% | 13% | 15% | 18% | 21% | –1% | 2014 | –7% | 39 | 28 | 42 |
| Portugal | 65% | 67% | 67% | 76% | 69% | 69% | 66% | 66% | 68% | 62% | 62% | 67% | 67% | 2% | 2016 | –9% | 11 | 4 | 11 |
| Romania | 31% | 28% | 28% | 23% | 21% | 21% | 21% | 19% | 19% | 18% | 18% | 19% | 19% | –12% | 2013 | –12% | 41 | 21 | 41 |
| Russia | 7% | 6% | 8% | 7% | 6% | 11% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 8% | 8% | 2% | 2% | –5% | 2018 | –9% | 49 | 45 | 49 |
| San Marino | 14% | 14% | 14% | 14% | 12% | 12% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 14% | 14% | 15% | 15% | 1% | 2024–25 | 0% | 42 | 39 | 44 |
| Serbia | 25% | 30% | 29% | 32% | 30% | 30% | 28% | 33% | 33% | 37% | 35% | 36% | 35% | 10% | 2022 | –2% | 27 | 23 | 28 |
| Slovakia | 27% | 31% | 29% | 29% | 28% | 29% | 30% | 30% | 30% | 34% | 30% | 31% | 27% | 0% | 2022 | –7% | 33 | 23 | 33 |
| Slovenia | 35% | 35% | 32% | 43% | 44% | 48% | 40% | 42% | 42% | 42% | 46% | 50% | 50% | 15% | 2024–25 | 0% | 17 | 17 | 25 |
| Spain | 65% | 73% | 69% | 70% | 67% | 67% | 61% | 67% | 65% | 62% | 74% | 76% | 78% | 13% | 2025 | 0% | 5 | 3 | 11 |
| Sweden | 65% | 65% | 72% | 65% | 60% | 60% | 62% | 63% | 65% | 68% | 68% | 64% | 66% | 1% | 2015 | –6% | 12 | 4 | 12 |
| Switzerland | 29% | 29% | 28% | 33% | 31% | 38% | 31% | 36% | 39% | 42% | 47% | 50% | 50% | 21% | 2024–25 | 0% | 18 | 17 | 30 |
| Turkey | 14% | 14% | 12% | 9% | 9% | 9% | 5% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 5% | –9% | 2013–14 | –9% | 47 | 39 | 48 |
| Ukraine | 12% | 12% | 10% | 13% | 19% | 21% | 22% | 22% | 18% | 19% | 20% | 19% | 19% | 7% | 2019–20 | –3% | 40 | 34 | 46 |
| United Kingdom | 77% | 82% | 86% | 81% | 76% | 73% | 66% | 66% | 64% | 53% | 53% | 52% | 46% | –31% | 2015 | –40% | 22 | 1 | 22 |
The third forum was held in Malta in 2013 with 34 people representing 30 organisations from all continents. The closing statement affirmed the existence of intersex people, reaffirmed "the principles of the First and Second International Intersex Fora and extend the demands aiming to end discrimination against intersex people and to ensure the right of bodily integrity, physical autonomy and self-determination". For the first time, participants made a statement on birth registrations, in addition to other human rights issues. 3rd International Intersex Forum concluded , ILGA-Europe (Creative Commons statement), 2 December 2013 Derde Internationale Intersekse Forum , Nederlandse Netwerk Intersekse/DSD (NNID), 3 December 2013
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