Linking allegedly high levels of violence against LGBT people to the issue of anti-discrimination legislation and portraying Europe as a conglomerate of lawless, Darwinian societies, is a deliberate misrepresentation.

EU shows how to do a dodgy survey 

by Anne Fleck 

The EU's largest-ever survey of hate crimes and discrimination against LGBT people claims that they labour under a terrible burden. But the figures don’t support the conclusions.

The European Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) will present its survey on discrimination against LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual) people to the public tomorrow (May 17). The shocking claim of the 370,000 Euro report: a quarter of the 93,000 LGBT people who answered the questionnaire said that they had been victims of physical violence.

There are, however, some facts, that need to be taken into account when looking at this report:

1. The way the survey was conducted is in some ways puzzling. Does it live up to the criteria of serious scientific research?

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2. The design of the survey is not the only problem with the FRA Report. The numbers seem odd as well.

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3. Two very dramatic realities relating to LGBT people and violence are entirely ignored by the report:

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Linking allegedly high levels of violence against LGBT people to the issue of anti-discrimination legislation and portraying Europe as a conglomerate of lawless, Darwinian societies, is a deliberate misrepresentation. And a very expensive one, one might add.

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