At the same time, public attitudes influence the formation of policies and legislative frameworks that address the right equality of LGBT(Q)I people (Lax and Phillips, 2009; Rigl et al., 2010; Takax and Zalma, 2011). is process is not one-sided – politics and the legal environment, in turn, in#uence the dominant public discourse and regulate violent behaviour and discriminatory treatment (Broer, 2006; Williams et al. 2014). Of course, the relationship between public sentiment and politics. Another policy-making component is being introduced regarding LGBT(Q)I issues in Eastern Europe and post-soviet countries, which is related to the integration into the common European space and harmonization of the legislative sphere.