{"id":17702,"date":"2026-05-12T13:23:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T12:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/?p=17702"},"modified":"2026-05-12T13:23:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T12:23:48","slug":"stalled-progress-on-lgbtqia-rights-is-concerning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/stalled-progress-on-lgbtqia-rights-is-concerning\/","title":{"rendered":"Stalled progress on LGBTQIA+ rights is concerning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is concerning that Ireland has failed to make progress on LGBTQIA+ rights, according to Social Democrats TD P\u00e1draig Rice.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Rice, who is the party\u2019s health spokesperson, said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday ILGA Europe published its annual Rainbow Map, which ranks European countries in terms of LGBTQIA+ human rights and policy protections. Ireland is once again ranked at 14<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0\u2013 no change since last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is regrettable that progress on LGBTQIA+ rights in Ireland has stalled. Today\u2019s report confirms what we already know \u2013 that the Government has made no improvement on LGBTQIA+ issues over the last year. This is deeply disappointing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIreland remains mid-league in a European context on LGBTQIA+ rights and policy protections and is stuck in the same position as last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I raised this issue with the T\u00e1naiste this time last year he promised action. But nothing happened. Rainbow flags outside Government departments for Pride are nice but what people really want is progress on the issues that matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIreland has the worst trans healthcare provision in Europe. There are still significant gaps in family laws and assisted human reproduction. Conversion therapy hasn\u2019t been banned, and intersex issues haven\u2019t even made it onto the agenda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also know there are real gaps in sexual health services. Just last week, the Oireachtas Health Committee heard that the target to end HIV transmission by 2030 will be missed unless there is a serious change of approach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn recent years we have seen a rise in hate, both on and offline. This cannot be allowed to go unchallenged. The Government must produce an action plan to tackle this.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIreland should set the goal of being the best place in Europe to be LGBTQIA+. To get there, we need a solid plan and real political leadership. If the Government of Spain can do it, then the Irish Government can too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>May 12, 2026<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is concerning that Ireland has failed to make progress on LGBTQIA+ rights, according to Social Democrats TD P\u00e1draig Rice. Deputy Rice, who is the party\u2019s health spokesperson, said: \u201cToday ILGA Europe published its annual Rainbow Map, which ranks European countries in terms of LGBTQIA+ human rights and policy protections. Ireland is once again ranked [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12553,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,841,729,642,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-hiv","category-lgbtqi","category-padraig-rice","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Stalled progress on LGBTQIA+ rights is concerning - Social Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/stalled-progress-on-lgbtqia-rights-is-concerning\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ga_IE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Stalled progress on LGBTQIA+ rights is concerning - Social Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It is concerning that Ireland has failed to make progress on LGBTQIA+ rights, according to Social Democrats TD P\u00e1draig Rice. 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