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What is "Homotransphobia", this unknown word? It is simply the obsessive aversion (from phobia, from the Greek “fear“) that some have towards homosexuals and transsexual people, which often leads to intolerant and violent behavior towards them and their families. When we discuss "homotransphobia" we often also hear about "discrimination", "violence" to be combated, "minorities", "rights", "protection", "sexual orientation", etc. In this section we want to delve deeper into the many declinations that this word takes on in our society, in Christian communities and in the concrete lives of many LGBT people and their parents.

Stories of ordinary homophobia / Chronicles of ordinary homophobia Further information

Let's give the numbers: the victims of homotransphobia in 2024

Reflections by Massimo Battaglio of the omofobia.org project 2024 ends with two bad episodes of homophobia which occurred in the last days of the year, in Turin and Rome respectively: Turin, 29/12/2024: Leaving a gay evening, two boys are surrounded by six thugs and beaten to death. One also had the two cell phones he had with him stolen. THE...

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The effects of the film “The Boy in the Pink Pants”

Reflections by Massimo Battaglio I saw “The Boy with the Pink Pants” as soon as it arrived in my city. Handsome. But a little strange. Gay audiences might be disappointed because it's not an apotheosis of gayness. Yet it is not simply a film about bullying, as mainstream critics want to make it out to not disappoint anyone. It's a film about bullying...

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Homophobia in Italy? Let's not talk about it anymore!

Reflections by Massimo Battaglio for the omofobia.org project I would like to write an update on the homophobic episodes of recent months but I'm having trouble. It seems that the numbers are decreasing but I have the impression that the problem is another: we don't talk about it anymore. The victims seem few compared to other years (there have been 95 since the beginning of 2024 while they had been...

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Escape to live. Prepare as doctors to welcome migrants fleeing anti-LGBTQI+ persecution

Article by Carl G. Streed, Jr. MD, MPH, Kyle Knight MPH and Sarah L. Kimbal, MD published in The New England Journal of Medicine (United States) on August 31, 2023, Vol. 389, no. 9, pp. 778-781, freely translated by Luigi and Valeria L. de Jonathan's Tent Lesbian, homosexual, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersexual and people belonging to other minorities for their orientation...

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August and that funeral poster defaced by homophobes

Reflections by Massimo Battaglio The episodes of homophobia detected in the month of August are not many: 6, for a total of 9 victims. This stinks to me: I think that the attention of the media, overwhelmed by news of violence against women and children, has waned a bit compared to our issues. General Vannacci thought better of awakening her with...