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Everywhere is becoming less safe for us atm.
The world is because the internet is controlled by people that want to manipulate global perspectives and anti-LGBTQ+ ideals are one of the ways they make people fight each other instead of them. People always blame things like influencers but you have to remember that the platforms they are on have been incentivising hate for over a decade.
It is hard to put something like equality in one single index, but it may give you a hint, at least when gaps are large.
The LGBT+ legal equality index (2025) captures to which extent LGBT+ people have the same rights as straight and cisgender people. It combines 15individual policies, such as the legality of same-sex relationships, marriage, and gender marker changes. It ranges from 0 to100 (most equal).
As yo can see on the lined map, the EU, including Germany, and together with countries like Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan, South Africa, Nepal, and several countries in Latin America rank top.
the world is becoming less safe for people.
Why have conservatives tolerated it before? Could it be that it was a carrot to make lgbtq people in other countries organise protests to spread western influence? Is there any country left that is looking at the carrot?
Since the extremist designation, Russian authorities have opened at least 12 criminal cases on charges related to LGBTQ+ activities, according to the independent rights watchdog OVD-Info. These charges are punishable by up to 12 years in prison.
One of the most tragic cases in the wave of prosecutions for “LGBT extremism” is that of 48-year-old Andrei Kotov, whose death in a pre-trial detention center raised serious concerns about the pressure faced by those accused under the anti-LGBTQ+ laws.
Kotov was arrested in Moscow in late December 2024 on charges of creating an extremist organization related to his alleged organization of “gay tours.” Authorities added him to the federal terrorists and extremists registry, allowing authorities to freeze his bank accounts without a court order.
Before his death, Kotov said he had been beaten and tortured with an electric shocker in detention.
