Balance of 2019: a very violent year against the LGTB + collective

GAYLES.TV.- Exactly one year ago we set out that the 2019 was a year without phobias. As usual with the end of the year wishes are rarely fulfilled. So, without eating or drinking it, we have swallowed a 2019 full of hate and violence. The report of ILGA It was devastating: eleven countries still punish homosexual relations with death and 70 UN member states continue to criminalize same-sex sexual acts.

La irruption of the Vox extreme right in Spain, the crusade LGBTIphobic of Bolsonaro en Brazil, the Transphobic "occurrences" of Trump en United Kingdoms, the tortures in Chechnya, the murder of the Russian activist LGTB + Yelene Grigorieva, the suicide of a Matthias, a young Chilean trans who suffered bulling ...

And aggressions, many aggressions. In London, Barcelona, Vitoria, León, Murcia, Argentina… It has been an extremely violent year for the group LGTB +.

And despite everything we continue. We stand up thanks to Elsa Ramos who with just 8 years gave a lesson in the Assembly of Extremadura claiming the happiness of trans children, thanks to the kisses that make us visible every time more in the movies, in the series, riding a announcements, but about everything in the streets, In the prides. Thanks to the families that welcome us in a big LGTB + family. Through our elders who broke through and remain in the gap and the most young people who teach us every day that everything is to be built.

Because in the absence of glitter 2019 has brought us something much brighter: Learning that together we can be what we want without fear of anything.

2020 Happy!