Pride month 2025: Fight against hate and intolerance in focus!

Pride month 2025: Fight against hate and intolerance in focus!

Budapest, Ungarn - On May 31, 2025, the Pride Month will open, a period that puts the variety of queer community in the light, but also addresses the increasing challenges through intolerance and hatred. The rainbow, the symbol of the LGBTQ+movement, appears in this context as a sign of hope, but in many countries, including Germany, this is under immense pressure, such as Remszeitung reported.

In Germany, the number of queer anti -queer crimes has increased alarming. According to a current situation of the Federal Ministry of the Interior and the Federal Criminal Police Office, a total of 1,785 cases of hate crime against sexual orientation or gender -related diversity were registered in 2023. This corresponds to an increase of 50 percent compared to the previous year and almost an annoyance since 2010. Many of these acts are not only attacks on individuals, but also an expression of a broad social problem. The number of unreported cases is estimated at 80 to 90 percent, since many incidents are not reported. The LSVD emphasizes that this form of hate crime affects the living environment of the LSBTIQ*community.

global challenges for LGBTQ+rights

The situation for the LGBTQ+community is not only worrying in Germany. Internationally, there is an increase in laws that restrict the right queer. In the United States, for example, the so-called "Don’t Say Gay" law has established itself in Florida, which removes sex orientation and gender identity from school curricula. Mississippi follows with most of the draft laws against LGBTQ rights, including drastic punishments for gender-accumulating measures in minors. In Hungary, the government has already made it possible to ban pride parades, which further fueled the discussion about the fundamental rights of queer people.

In addition, similar repressive measures can be observed in other countries. In Russia, gender measures and the change of gender in official documents are now illegal, while in Uganda the new "anti-Homosexuality Act" drastic punishments, even the death penalty, provides for same-sex acts. In Italy, the head of government Giorgia Meloni pursued a strict policy against LGBTQ families that led to the cancellation of registry offices for same-sex parents. Welle deals comprehensively with this topic and shows that global developments have to be considered reserved.

struggle for acceptance and rights

In the run -up to Pride Month 2024, the focus is on the maintenance of existential rights of the queer community. In view of the critical situation, it is all the more important to lead the dialogue about the acceptance of other sexual orientations as the cornerstone of democratic societies. Companies like SAP are under pressure to check their gender diversity programs, while at the same time voices are louder that consider a negation of other life plans as a threat to freedom and tolerance.

The upcoming big event in Budapest on June 28 could be crucial for the queer movement and tolerance in Europe, especially since the participation of European Parliamentarians was announced. In view of the restrictions and prohibitions for the Queere Community in Hungary

The debate about the rights and security of LSBTIQ*person is more current than ever. The federal government and the interior ministries have already been asked to develop a common strategy to combat hate crime against these groups. A common procedure could be the key to further promote the acceptance and respect of queer rights.