The Mossos d'Esquadra receive 8% more complaints of LGBTI-phobia in one year.

BarcelonaLGBTI-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.

It's time not to go and file a complaint. "The complaints are the tip of the iceberg," added Menor, who announced that the regional ministry is working on a plan to prevent discrimination among the large LGBTI population and increase the number of SAI network centers across the country. homosexuality from the list of mental illnesses. "This was only 35 years ago," President Illa insisted that Catalonia's fullness will come when everyone can "love however and whoever they want."

Let fear stay in the closet