Europe – Gay Hotels Directory: Gay Owned and Gay Friendly Hotels, Villas, Bed & Breakfasts and Vacation Rental
We offer Free Basic Listings for hotels, motels, bed and breakfasts, inns, vacation cabins, guest houses, resorts, campgrounds and other short-term vacation rental properties throughout Europe and the EU that declare themselves to be gay-friendly.
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The gay policy of the European Union, including cohabitation and marriage rights, anti-discrimination laws, and the hate crime legislation, has been modified and modernized and continues to be. The member states of the EU include Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. In 17 out of 27 of these countries, gay couples can celebrate permanent unions or regulate their cohabitation. The FRA European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights’ Articles 21 and 9 include statements that hold true to any couple; the gender and sexuality is non-specified. Article 21 of the chapter of fundamental rights of the EU clearly states “Any discrimination based on any ground such as sex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or beliefs, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age or sexual orientation shall be prohibited”. The European Commission forbids discrimination of any sort of sexual orientation. Trained confidential counselors are offered to victims of discrimination and harassment, to console them and deal with the trauma. Article 9 of the chapter of the right to marry and right to found a family says “Men and women of marriageable age have the right to marry and to found a family according to national laws governing the exercising to this right.” The wording has been modernized to neither impose nor prohibit a union of any sexuality. On January 24th, 2011, an anti-gay law that wanted to ban “public promotion of homosexuality” was rejected. Lawmakers said “EU institutions and member states have a duty to ensure human rights are respected, protected and promoted in the European Union”, as quoted in the EU Observer. EU commissioner Vivianne Roding “Let me stress this. If the EU among many other countries are slowly building more acceptance in the work place, with the obvious goal of no discrimination. The IGLCC awards a yearly prize to “the most gay friendly company in the world”.