Collaborative project surveying LGBT people and authorities
Thu, 27 Feb 2014 08:30:00 GMT
The Centre for Research in the Social Sciences has been funded to lead a European research project on how hate crime and bullying can have negative affects on the wellbeing and rights of a large proportion of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) people.
Dr Surya Monro, Associate Director of the Centre for Research in the Social Sciences (CRISS) is currently leading a research project alongside colleagues Graham Gibbs, and Kris Christmann and Leanne Monchuk, both from the Applied Criminology Centre (ACC). The project will provide a summary report of findings from a large qualitative survey across 19 European Union Member States.
The project is funded by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), an EU agency based in Vienna, and managed by the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), based in Brussels.
Existing research shows that homophobic, biphobic and transphobic hate crime and bullying are negatively affecting the wellbeing and rights of a large proportion of LGBT people. Another priority area for fundamental rights concerns healthcare, as LGBT people may suffer from minority stress due to social discrimination, and transgender people in particular may have specific health needs.
This timely project addresses how policy makers and practitioners are addressing the fundamental rights of LGBT people in a wide range of countries such as Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Finland, France and Greece. Over 1,000 interviews have been carried out in these countries and Dr Monro’s team will be drawing out the key findings from the research, which will have policy implications of relevance across the EU and beyond.
