1. Ensuring equality for LGBT

3. 2012 situation LGBTIQ people - physical, psychological and domestic violence - hate speech and discrimination - social exclusion - negative media stereotyping - pathologisation

4. 2012 situation With rare exceptions, no state authorities actively protecting LGBTIQ people Discriminatory activities of the institutions responsible for protection against discrimination

5. 2012 situation Increased visibility of sexual minorities Opened 2 new LGBTIQ organisations Public campaigns, cultural events, debates and civic initiatives

6. 2012 situation Increased visibility lead to increased visibility of the discrimination, hate speech, and violence No healthcare standards or protocols for transgender and intersexual people

7. 2012 situation Increasing trend of negative media stereotyping and pathologisation Upsurge in homophobic and transphobic hate speech in social media

11. 2012 situation Ignorance of hate speech by the legislative powers No political will for condemnation and sanctioning of homophobic and transphobic hate speech

12. 2012 situation Sexual orientation and gender identity are still not explicitly recognised as grounds for discrimination in the Law for prevention and protection against discrimination

13. 2012 situation The Anti-discrimination commission did not act on or rejected the submissions lodged by the Coalition “Sexual and health rights of marginalised communities”

14. 2012 situation The Constitutional Court did not identify discrimination based on sexual orientation in the definition of “close personal relationships” in the Family Law

15. 2012 situation Psychiatrists “curing” homosexuality with methods that do not represent evidence-based medicine Medical schoolbooks pathologising homosexuality

21. 2012 situation No national strategy on combating bullying in schools Homophobic hate speech used in elections to degrade political opponents

22. 2012 situation No state-funded LGBTIQ projects or programmes so far No explicit inclusion of sexual orientation and gender identity in the Law on Asylum and Temporary Protection

23. 2012 situation Freedom of peaceful assembly and demonstration is guaranteed Freedom of expression and freedom of receiving and transmitting information and ideas on LGBTIQ people is guaranteed

24. 2012 situation “Education for life skills” programme Macedonian Broadcast Council’s Development Strategy (2013- 2017) Faculty of Security – Skopje

25. Priorities To include sexual orientation and gender identity as grounds for discrimination in the Law on prevention and protection against discrimination

26. Priorities To include sexual orientation and gender identity as grounds for hate crime in the Criminal Code To legally protect LGBTIQ people from domestic violence

28. Coalition SHRMC More information: www.coalition.org.mk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH STElG_SFU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5 up2XTMCrU

29. Other organisations LGBTI Support Centre http://lgbti.mk/http://lgbti.mk/ Izlez, Student magazine www.izlez.mkwww.izlez.mk HERA – Health Education and Research Association www.hera.org.mkwww.hera.org.mk Video – Do not discriminate love http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sEknO oQsgY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sEknO oQsgY