LGBTI-phobia is on the rise at a time when hate speech and anti-rights discourse are rampant on social media, in the streets, and even in institutions. 113 centers of the SAI (Comprehensive Care Service) network and 72 more in the department's Office of Equal Treatment and Non-Discrimination Feminism. In total, 479 complaints were filed, at least one each day, against LGBTI-phobia, in an institutional event also attended by President Salvador Illa and representatives of the movement's associative network. efforts" to counter messages and attacks against sexual diversity and gender expression. In this regard, Menor has warned of the risk of "normalizing" these attacks, especially among the younger population, the group where hate messages are most prevalent. According to the latest survey by the Generalitat (Catalan government) on discrimination, 25% believe the attacks should be more moderate and less visible. They curtail rights within the European Union. For the minister, the 8% increase in complaints in just one year is an "alarming" fact that cannot leave anyone indifferent.

Jordi Valls is the spokesperson for theChristian Association of Lesbians, Gays, Transsexuals and Bisexuals, a group to whom Pope Francis spoke kindly, showing understanding and empathy. However, they have not achieved recognition by the Church because, as the pontiff said, the Vatican maintains that "homosexuality is not a crime, but it is a sin."

Hector Fort, a Barça footballer, has become the latest victim of LGBTI-phobia on social media after taking a photo with Brigitta Lamoure, a presenter, singer and social activist. The photo, in which Fort is holding Lamoure, was posted by the activist herself on her Instagram and X accounts, accompanied by the text "Easter Sunday" and is part of the International Solidarity Sport gala organized by Josep Maldonado, former member of the Parliament of Catalonia and the Congress of Deputies.

Hector Fort, a Barça footballer, has become the latest victim of LGBTI-phobia on social media after taking a photo with Brigitta Lamoure, a presenter, singer and social activist. The photo, in which Fort is holding Lamoure, was posted by the activist herself on her Instagram and X accounts, accompanied by the text "Easter Sunday" and is part of the International Solidarity Sport gala organized by Josep Maldonado, former member of the Parliament of Catalonia and the Congress of Deputies.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has intensified his war on the LGBTI community. This week, Hungary amended its constitution to restrict the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex people. The controversial constitutional amendment, championed by Orbán and widely approved by Parliament (140 out of 199 votes in favor), recognizes only two genders: male and female. Furthermore, Hungary has also reinforced its ban on Gay Pride marches by putting "the protection of children" before fundamental rights such as freedom of assembly and freedom of expression.

At the entrance to a Barcelona sports complex, the PA system broadcasts a Barça match, which turns into a distant murmur as, on one of the pitches, the balls strike a melody. The spectacle welcomes players who prefer to pass with one or two touches rather than dribble. They enjoy a match without a scoreboard. Applause, shouts of support, and jokes accompany the evening. "Free" football also exists in the city.

Catalan Home Affairs Minister, Joan Ignasi Elena, has explained that groups of people who "meet and go hunting" to attack homosexuals have been detected, although there is no evidence that they are "organised plots". According to Elena on RAC1, they are people "'from here, of different ages", who attack LGTBI collective thanks to a "certain permissiveness in the rejection of difference". "They live installed in hatred and fed by the culture of hate", he said, and has ensured that the Mossos d'Esquadra are very much on top of these aggressors.

Thousands of attacks against religious minorities, women, migrants or the LGTBIQ collective go unpunished every day throughout the European Union. Between 40% and 90% of victims of so-called hate crimes choose not to report the attack, partly because they distrust official institutions or are afraid of reprisals for pointing out who their attackers are. The Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) warns of this in a report in which it encourages reporting and making visible expressions of intolerance. Extrapolating from this, the 1,700 complaints of discriminatory attacks that were registered in Spain in 2019, the last year collected by the CGPJ, are the tip of the iceberg.

These days I take the opportunity to hang some pictures and I am thankful that my flat is not a town hall because I would not find any suitable corner to hang the portrait of King Felipe VI. Nothing is Bourbon to me, at home. I have placed, and prominently, the couple of the Queen of England and Angela Merkel in a magnificent image smiling at Windsor Castle, on the farewell tour that the chancellor is beginning to make. It is a question of taste and contradictions. As we can still choose our private decoration for the time being, I make the most of the freedom, like when I'm scrubbing a jar of Nutella. Let's be free up to the bottom of the jar, because it's getting rough.

The Ministry of Equality and Inclusive Policies of the Valencian Country has confirmed to ARA that it is providing legal and psychological assistance to a 21-year-old man who has reported a homophobic attack in Valencia. The attack would have occurred on Saturday night on Avenida Blasco Ibáñez, as has explained this Tuesday the newspaper La Marea. According to the victim's account, the aggression took place after a group of young men approached him and his gang of friends and asked them if they were carrying money. The victim's reply was reportedly: "I don't have any money, but I have a nice arse". The 21-year-old's words are said to have annoyed the attackers, who, as he explains, assaulted the victim and another young friend of his, also gay, with blows and homophobic insults and stole his mobile phone. As a result of the assault, the victim suffers bruises on his body and has swollen lips.

The National Police have arrested three young men for the murder of Samuel, 24, on Saturday at dawn outside a nightclub in A Coruña, Galicia. The group that assaulted him to death shouted "faggot" at him. Those arrested are between 20 and 25 years old. According to the police, more arrests are not ruled out and the investigation will remain open "until the total clarification of the facts". The National Police, in the tweet they have published to report the case, has not assessed the motivation behind the crime. But the murder of Samuel has created "maximum concern" in the LGTBI collective of Catalonia, which in recent weeks had already warned of an increase in physical attacks.

"Samuel is not dead. Samuel has been killed". This is one of the most repeated messages in the last hours, as well as "Justice for Samuel". On Saturday morning Samuel, 24 years old, was beaten to death outside a discotheque in A Coruña, Galicia. His death has shocked the LGTBI collective because witnesses explain that the group that assaulted Samuel to death called him a "faggot". The murder has created "maximum concern" in the LGTBI collective of Catalonia, which in recent weeks had already warned of an increase in physical attacks. The last one has been known a few hours ago: the Mossos d'Esquadra investigate the aggression to a young man in Sant Cugat del Vallès, who was left unconscious, while they also shouted "faggot" at him.

About 200 people have protested this Saturday in the centre of Barcelona to condemn the three homophobic attacks reported last weekend in Barcelona. Convened by the Observatory against Homophobia and the LGTBIcat Platform, demonstrators demanded the 2014 law on LGTBI rights be applied, to prevent attacks from going unpunished. In his speech, the president of the Observatory, Eugeni Rodríguez, stated that in the face of acts of violence against the group, an "exceptional" response is needed, and he expressed his confidence that from now on a "new paradigm" in the fight against LGTBIphobia will begin in Catalonia.