Queer hostility on the advance: Politics in duty!

Queer hostility on the advance: Politics in duty!

Deutschland - The alarming numbers speak a clear language: queer hostility is on the rise in Germany. A worrying trend that has become increasingly important in recent years. According to André Lehmann, a member of the board of an interest association, Germany has reached a point at which this enemy attitude is not only tolerated, but is even accepted again. This not only affects extremists, but extends to the middle of society. On Deutschlandfunk, he comments on polarization, which often leads to violence and demands more political support for the groups concerned. How necessary this support is is also shown in the silence of politics, which does not remain neutral in attacks on queer people, but makes a clear decision for a page, as Lehmann emphasizes. Deutschlandfunk reports that ...

The situation becomes even more worrying through the words of Gundula Ludwig, a gender researcher. It emphasizes that violence against queer and trans people in Germany increases steadily. Freshly from the statistics of the Federal Criminal Police Office show that 1,785 crimes against LGBTQIA+ people were already recorded in 2023, an increase of a good 50 percent compared to the previous year. 212 acts of violence this year alone, and the mood is exploited by right -wing forces that propagate a return to supposedly better times. frekn.de reports that ...

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The Johanna history of life is far from over; The 1969 Stonewall protests are a central point in the history of the LGBTQIA+ movement and were largely supported by transpersonen and transpersonen of color. The importance of telling history in many ways is becoming increasingly pressing, since neither the social discourse nor the rigid traditional gender roles want to soften. Ludwig points out that the narrowing of gender identity to biological truths represents fatal development, which ultimately questions the existing social order.

Another alarming detail is the increase in hate crime against LSBTIQ*people: In 2023, the most common crimes were recorded as insults, acts of violence and threats. This makes it clear that the scenes are no longer just threatened by words, but also by physical attacks. Interior Minister Nancy Faeser has therefore called for the consistent persecution of queer -hostile violence. A working group to combat homophobers and trans -hostile violence was also founded, which has already submitted a final report in which an urgent examination for the security of queer people is recommended. Tagesschau reports that ...

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