13th edition of a report which analyzes the human rights situation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people in Europe and Central Asia, reveals a “clear accumulation of hate speech” against the LGBT community by politicians in 32 European countries, including 19 member states. European Union over the past year. In Portugal, “Chiga, the national conservative, populist and right-wing political party, continued to try to block legal measures to achieve equality for LGBT people, and made hostile comments throughout the year,” he notes. document.
“If politicians use that kind of language, obviously people will use it too,” Mark Angell said.
The Vice-President of the European Parliament warns of the existence of an “anti-gender movement, funded by the Kremlin and other actors” which we must be aware of and whose rhetoric we must “confront”.
A few months before the European elections in June, in which the far right is expected to make gains, Katrin Hoogendobel, advocacy director at ILGA-Europe, warns of a “more polarized and violent” climate during the upcoming elections.
In an interview with euronewsCatherine Hoogendobel explains “The fundamental values and norms on which the European Union was founded – respect for human dignity, human rights, freedom, democracy, equality and the rule of law – have been called into question.”.
A spokesman for the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Association (ILGA-Europe) held far-right forces responsible for exploiting human rights, especially the human rights of LGBT people, with the aim of “dividing societies and undermining democracy, the rule of law and human rights.”
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