Prominent German LGBTQ rights activist Anastasia Biefang expresses concerns about an increase in homophobic and anti-transgender violence and abuse in the country.
BERLIN, July 23 — Prominent German LGBTQ rights activist Anastasia Biefang has expressed concerns about an increase in homophobic and anti-transgender violence and abuse in the country, comparing it to rhetoric used by the Nazis.
“I hear narratives that I thought we had overcome since 1945,” said Biefang, 49, a former battalion leader who still serves in a leading capacity in the army’s cyber and information department. Biefang said that while there had been positive achievements in recent years, there was a “feeling of exclusion, stigmatization, division” that was sowing anti-LGBTQ sentiment.
In recent decades, the German capital has been known for having an accepting culture towards gender and sexual minorities.
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