Toxic Climate Blamed for Rise in LGBTQI+ Attacks in France

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 LGBTIQ+ movement faces "a wave of unprecedented attacks by anti-discrimination and anti-rights movements," says the international federation of associations of this collective, ILGA, on the eve of the celebration of the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. The entry LGBTIQ+ Associations warn of "a wave of unprecedented attacks" at the global level was first published in Digital Process.

On the occasion of the upcoming International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, Minister for a Shared Future Simon Maljevac warns that 35 years after homosexuality was removed from the list of mental illnesses, we are still faced with too much evidence that non-acceptance and violence against LGBTIQ+ people is not only present, but also systematically overlooked.

The 2024 was the year with the most murders of trans people counted in more than 25 years. The rise and consolidation of ultra-right governments in the world also prompted attacks against this collective. This Saturday is commemorated 35 years since WHO removed homosexuality from the list of mental illnesses, but still today there are 64 countries that criminalize it.