European Commission vice-president in charge of Values and Transparency Vera Jourova and EU Commissioner for Equality Helena Dalli address a press conference on the bloc's LGBTIQ equality strategy at the EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium November 12, 2020. John Thys/Pool via REUTERS
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's executive Commission launched its first strategy to protect the rights of LGBT people on Thursday, a challenge to right-wing governments in Poland and Hungary that have become increasingly homophobic in the past year.
The Commission said LGBT people were facing growing discrimination in Europe, even as most people in the bloc were becoming more accepting of gay rights.
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