It is estimated that in the European Union there are about 10 thousand asylum applications by people from the LGBT community (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender). Forced to flee from the motherland where they are persecuted because of their sexual orientation. These are predictions based only on data provided by Belgium, Norway, Holland and Sweden. For the simple reason that they are the only EU-4 countries to have detailed statistics about it. This shows that even on this delicate subject the Old Continent is split in two. Among those who recognize in their domestic legislation this special category of discrimination as a sufficient reason for granting international protection and who does not. A real anomaly aggravated by the absence of a specific Community legislation in this regard. On balance, therefore, the fate of those who are persecuted for their sexual choices depends on the free interpretation of the individual states. With all the consequences. Since the processing of applications is often based on stereotypes that lead for example to reject the lesbians who do not have masculine attitudes or those who claim gay but was married or have children.
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