Queer-Hass From the Right: "It Starts with Minorities, but Ends in the Middle"

In the US Trump is curtailing the rights of the LGBTQIA+ community. Meanwhile, hate crimes against queer people are on the rise in Germany. Experts warn that violence could soon move from the margins of society towards the middle.

"Hass, incitement and violence against us have reached a new, sad peak," said Andre Lehmann from the Association of Queere Variety to the Day against Homophobia. "The numbers of anti-queer hate crimes have been increasing for years. "This trend has continued in the past year, as reported by security circles. According to this, the number of crimes registered by the police against people for their sexual orientation has increased significantly. T…

The Left Party in the Hamburg Parliament has criticized the significant increase in hate crimes against queer people in Hamburg. The occasion is the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia, and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT). According to a parliamentary question submitted by the Left Party, hate crimes increased again in 2024, following a 75 percent increase in 2023. Last year, a total of 149 crimes were registered in the areas of …

Kiel (dpa/lno) – Queere People in Schleswig-Holstein have recently become victims of hate crime more frequently because of their sexual orientation or their gender identity. Thus, the Interior Ministry recorded 68 crimes of hate crime for 2023, which were directed against a certain sexual orientation, a ministry spokesman of the German Press Agency reported. 2022 had the number of crimes in this context still at 44. More recent data are not avai…

The day against homophobia focuses on the situation of people who, for example, are exposed to hostility because of their sexual orientation. What is the situation in Germany?

Violence, hatred and incitement against queer people continue to increase. But in Rhineland-Palatinate, people have been working for the LGBTQIA+ community for years. We show why they don't mute and what gives them courage.