Toxic Climate Blamed for Rise in LGBTQI+ Attacks in France

In the rural-conservative north of Baden-Württemberg, a group of queer people organizes the "village prides", based on the great CSD parades. It is also a constant struggle for tolerance. By Fabian Siegel.

Paris unveils a memorial to LGBTQ+ victims of Nazi regime and other persecutions

PARIS (AP) — A memorial to the long-ignored gay victims of the Nazi regime and to all LGBTQ+ people persecuted throughout history has been unveiled in Paris on Saturday.

The European Commission highlights the "legislative, judicial and public policy progress" to improve the lives of LGBTIQ people, but acknowledges that there is “a worrying scale of violence motivated by hatred”. The content of the LGBT Community will present a new strategy to combat discrimination first appeared in Journal i.

Toxic climate blamed for rise in LGBTQI+ attacks in France

Reports of anti-LGBTQI+ abuse rose again in France last year, with rights groups warning of a hostile climate driven by rising online harassment and hate speech.

In total, 4,800 offences were registered last year, according to the figures transmitted on Thursday 15 May by the Ministry of the Interior. The associations denounce a "deletera" climate and a multiplication of discriminant discourse.

The PSOE of Castilla y León reproaches the President of the Board for his inaction in the face of the increase in hate crimes. “While the Government of Spain and the communities with socialist governments advance in rights, the Junta of Castilla y León continues to lack real protection for the LGBTI+ collective,” denounces the Secretary of Equality of the PSOE of Castilla y León, Lorena Valle.