The last Sunday May 25 the elections to the european parliament. Four hundred million citizens with the right to vote were called to the polls and results in some of the countries participating in the elections They make your hair stand on end. In France la extreme right of the National Front won the elections obtaining the 25% of the votes cast followed closely by the UMP (traditional right) with the 20% of the votes.
These figures can not be separated of other more or more chilling, those recently presented by SOS Homophobie that speak of a increase of 78% of homophobic acts in the 2013 with respect to the 2012. An assault every two days, 3.517 homophobic actions denounced and the observation that injurious or defamatory statements and calls to violence against homosexuals on the internet, They have multiplied by three.
The fact that these figures are produced in a year marked in France by the debate about the approval of same-sex marriage, should not prevent us from reflecting on the importance of our vote in supporting, in each country, the organizations and parties that defend our rights. Hiding your head in the sand will not make the enemy disappear. We have a weapon called urn and thousands of bullets in the form of ballot papers. Let's make an intelligent use of all this.
Montse Trillo, content director of Gayles.tv
