Presidential Reconstruction. At the end of May 1865, President Andrew Johnson announced his plans for Reconstruction, which reflected both his staunch Unionism and his firm belief in statesâ rights.
In 2013, the Spartacus Gay Travel Index features a majority of Western European countries in the top 11 (Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Finland, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, United Kingdom and Spain), plus Canada, New Zealand and Uruguay.
The three worst-ranking countries - Azerbaijan, Russia and Armenia - all used to be part of the Soviet Union, which according to Bjorn van Roozendaal, programme director of ILGA-Europe, highlights how the tension between East and West is key in the struggle for LGBTI rights.