In total, 4,560 offenses against lesbians, gays, bi and trans people were recorded last year.
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Attacks against LGBT+ people increased by 13% in 2023 in France compared to 2022, with even a jump of 19% for crimes and misdemeanors recorded by the police and the gendarmerie, according to a study by the statistical service of the Ministry of Defense. ‘Interior revealed Thursday May 16. These figures are published on the eve of the World Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia.
In total, 4,560 offenses against lesbians, gays, bi and trans people were recorded last year: 2,870 crimes or misdemeanors and 1,690 fines (94% of which were linked to insults). Crimes and misdemeanors (defamation, attacks, threats, harassment, etc.), already up 13% in 2022, jump by 19%, while fines, which had fallen by 9%, this time increased by 4%.
If the study reports a “liberation of speech” and a “improvement of reception conditions” victims by the police and the gendarmerie, it specifies that only 20% of LGBT+ victims file a complaint in the event of threats or violence and only 5% in the event of insult (according to a survey carried out over the period 2012-2018).
