| | The fight for [[transgender]] rights is viewed as a fight for the fundamental right of individuals to control their own bodies and identities.<ref>https://tgeu.org/trans-rights-index-map-2025/</ref> | | The fight for [[transgender]] rights is viewed as a fight for the fundamental right of individuals to control their own bodies and identities.<ref>https://tgeu.org/trans-rights-index-map-2025/</ref> |
| − | Majorities favor [[same-sex marriage]] in every [[Western Europe]]an country, according to a 2018 [[Pew Survey]]. Public sentiment is very different in [[Central Europe]] and [[Eastern Europe]], where majorities in nearly all countries surveyed oppose allowing [[gay]]s and [[lesbian]]s to [[marry]] [[legal]]ly. In some cases, these views are almost universally held. Fully nine-in-ten outside the [[EU]] in [[Russia]] opposed legal [[same-sex marriage]], while the same lopsided majorities back in the EU, in the [[Netherlands]], [[Denmark]] and [[Sweden]] favored [[gay marriage]].<ref>[https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2018/10/29/eastern-and-western-europeans-differ-on-importance-of-religion-views-of-minorities-and-key-social-issues/ Eastern and Western Europeans Differ on Importance of Religion, Views of Minorities, and Key Social Issues], [[Pew Research Center]], October 29, 2018. pewresearch.org</ref> | + | Majorities favor [[same-sex marriage]] in every [[Western Europe]]an country, according to a 2018 [[Pew Survey]]. Public sentiment is very different in [[Central Europe]] and [[Eastern Europe]], where majorities in nearly all countries surveyed oppose allowing [[gay]]s and [[lesbian]]s to [[marry]] [[legal]]ly. In some cases, these views are almost universally held. Fully nine-in-ten outside the [[EU]] in [[Russia]] oppose legal [[same-sex marriage]], while the same lopsided majorities back in the EU, in the [[Netherlands]], [[Denmark]] and [[Sweden]] favor [[gay marriage]].<ref>[https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2018/10/29/eastern-and-western-europeans-differ-on-importance-of-religion-views-of-minorities-and-key-social-issues/ Eastern and Western Europeans Differ on Importance of Religion, Views of Minorities, and Key Social Issues], [[Pew Research Center]], October 29, 2018. pewresearch.org</ref> |