IntroductionEvery day, across the world, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people face violence, harassment and discrimination because they reject gender roles socially imposed and because they have intimate relationships with same-sex partners. LGBTI activism has had growing and intensifying trends over the past hundred years, and is still becoming stronger and more widespread. The main goal of activists is to eliminate homophobia and discrimination in all its aspects. And they have made some progress, for example in same-sex marriage. With the Netherlands' establishment of same-sex marriage in 2001, the number of countries with legalized non-heterosexual unions has been steadily increasing. As of December 19, 2013, the number has risen to 16 countries, plus Mexico and the United States of America where these marriages are legal only in some jurisdictions (Pewforum, 2013). Progress has also been made in other areas. The constant pressure and actions of unelected LGBTI representatives were one of the factors that helped achieve this goal. In Slovakia the situation is not progressing as quickly as in the rest of the Western world. There are many reasons why the situation is like this, but that's a question for another paper. This research should instead be a theoretical analysis of the situation of the LGBTI community in the Slovak Republic and how the interests of this minority are represented at various levels in political life. Since there are no elected representatives of this minority in Slovakia, only the different unelected entities and how they influence the LGBTI situation will be taken into consideration. There are many NGOs, local figures, celebrities, interest groups and more in…… center of paper……14].MUSEION (nd). MUSEION – rešpektovaný svet inakosti.[Online]. Museum. Available from: http://www.lesba.sk/showpage.php?name=museion [Accessed 14/01/2014].PEWFORUM (2013). Gay marriages around the world. [Online] Pew Research Center. Available from: http://www.pewforum.org/2013/12/19/gay-marriage-around-the-world-2013/#allow [Accessed 01/13/2014].QLF (n.d.). Kto PMI. [Online]. QLF. Available from: http://www.qlf.sk/kto-sme/ [Accessed 12/01/2014].SAWARD, M. (2006). The representative claim. Contemporary Political Theory 5: 297‐318.SCHEUFELE, D.A. (1999). Framing as a theory of media effects. Journal of Communication, 49 (1). 103-122.TERENZANI – STANKOVÁ, M. (2010). The rainbow shines even through tear gas. The Slovak Spectator, 24 May. available from: http://spectator.sme.sk/articles/view/38999/2/rainbow_shines_even_through_tear_gas.html