If you are a lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans or intersex person (LGBTI) today in the European Union, there is a 60 percent chance that you have experienced homophobia at school because of your identity.
There’s also a 25 percent chance that you have experienced violence, and if so, it is very likely that you did not report it to any public authority.
These are just two of the figures already released from the largest survey ever conducted on discrimination and violence faced by LG...
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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.