Time Out reports:

To shed some light on the best and safest destinations for LGBTQ+ travellers, ILGA-Europe, an LGBTI organisation, has released its sixteenth annual Rainbow Map. The index involves comprehensive analysis into seven categories, and each country has been given an overall score based on each.

Given it boasts the fantastic annual Europride celebrations, we’re hardly surprised it’s Malta, for the ninth consecutive year. Iceland climbed three places into second this year, and thanks to its ban on conversion practices, Belgium came third.

Greece, Germany, Iceland, Estonia and Liechtenstein all made the biggest jumps: Estonia and Greece amended their laws to allow same-sex couples to marry and adopt, and Lichtenstein amended their adoption laws to include gay couples, too.

Read the full article. The bottom five in order with worst last: Belarus, Armenia, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Russia. Visit ILGA-Europe for an interactive map, a full ranking, and each country’s score on the seven criteria.