A N A LY S E DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS THE LGBTI MOVEMENT IN CYPRUS Activism, Law, and Change Across the Divide Nayia Kamenou, Enver Ethemer, Costa Gavrielides and Okan Bullici Report 2019 This report assesses the extent to which LGTBI people in both parts of Cyprus enjoy the rights to equality and non­discrimination The recognition of the LGBTI community as a legitimate political actor and the recognition of LGBTI rights has been a slow and difficult process on both sides of the divide. European Union(EU) admission and its prospect, as well as the ensuing Europeanisation and other transnationalisation processes have brought about changes in political opportunity structures