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Fight against LGBTphobia: the president of SOS homophobia denounces “the rise of speech which is hostile and which gives itself legitimacy”
Fight against LGBTphobia: the president of SOS homophobia denounces “the rise of speech which is hostile and which gives itself legitimacy”
(franceinfo)
The president and spokesperson of SOS homophobia, Julia Torlet, is the guest of 19/20 info, Friday May 17, to react to the increase in homophobic and transphobic acts in France in 2023.
In 2023, France recorded a 13% increase in homophobic and transphobic acts. The president and spokesperson of SOS homophobia, Julia Torlet, is the guest of 19/20 info, Friday May 17, to react to this news. “The increase has several factors. It is due to a general climate which is felt more and more. Something is crystallizing, in a somewhat conservative withdrawal, and this crystallization has a tendency to increase attacks”she believes.
According to the president of SOS homophobia, “there is the rise of speech which is hostile and which gives itself legitimacy, which makes it all the more dangerous”. Furthermore, Julia Torlet warns of the multiplication of homophobic ambushes. “It’s a phenomenon that is old, (…) nevertheless what is worrying is that it is something that is multiplying”she explains.
