thirdly damaged board, stirred online

Strangers again damaged the board in Ade Škerl and Sonja Plaskan Parkthe Lesbian Quarter Festival said. This happened, as they stated, for the third time. “Now we can say that it is a systematic attempt to delete. At a time when we should celebrate diversity and human dignity as a society, such attacks remind us how fragile the efforts of the community that has been fighting for the space for decades – literally and symbolic. « 

According to the festival team, attacks on the premises that are important to them are not random. “It’s not just a damaged board. It is a violence against our memory, our bodies, our lives. ”Such acts are, in the month of the pride parade, when the visibility of the LGBT+ community is particularly exposed, even more dangerous and sinister, they warn.

There are also organized initiatives on social networks, which are incitement to violence and openly encourage such attacks, so the team has called on the competent to explore such attacks and provide protective measures, and in their opinion the public should define hatred and preservation of history.

The park, open earlier this year, lies between Friends and Cimperman Street in Prule in Ljubljana. It is the first park in Slovenia, named after a same -sex couple.

Let’s override hatred!

Today, a pride parade in Maribor Parade is underway, under the slogan we override hatred! They want to draw attention to the increasingly worrying situation in which the LGBTQIa+community is in both web space and in everyday life. “The campaign slogan is not randomly selected. The organizers of the fourth Maribor parade of pride are noticing a worrying increase in hate speech and other forms of hatred directed against LGBTQIA+ Community in Maribor. Despite the important social and legislative movements of LGBTQIa+ persons are still not safe and equal in practice, « wrote MKC Maribor organizers.

In the last year and a half, several worrying incidents have been detected, including provocations and violence across the past parade in September 2023, the appearance of hostile graffiti, destruction and theft of rainbow flags and other threats. “All of this indicates that the visibility of LGBTQIa+ people in our city is still related to risk. At the same time, we notice the concern of the arousing normalization of hate speech, implicit and explicit calls for violence, and the increasing discrimination of marginalized groups, « they say.

On social networks, the more intense promotion of the parade began on May 14. The publication on Facebook between 14 and 31, May received 272 emoticons reactions, of which only 94 of which expressed support, and of 111 comments, most contained hate speech or calls for violence.

They also point to the increase in hate speech and intolerance at the PIP Institute, where they point out that the exposed hostility is not only socially unacceptable but often criminal. Their findings confirm that without a systemic response and legislative measures, the risk of normalizing hatred is becoming increasing, especially among young people.