Greece ranks 5th in EU in discrimination against LGBTIQ people, survey finds 

A vast survey by an EU rights body has found that 44% of LGBTIQ people in Greece have faced discrimination in at least one area of their life in the year before the survey. 

Although the figure is the 5th highest in the EU, it has decreased since the previous EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) survey in 2019, where 51% of respondents in Greece had faced discrimination. 

In total, 36% of respondents in the EU reported feeling discriminated against in at least one area of their lives in the year before the survey because they are LGBTIQ, down from 42% in the previous one. 

The countries with the highest rates were Bulgaria and Cyprus, both with 48%. The people who reported feeling discriminated against the most were intersex (61%) and trans people (54%), the only categories that were above 50%.

The areas of life referred to included work, education,...