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Could you maybe share in which area in the EU where you live? Obviously not the specific location, the general area might be helpful.
I feel that there are certainly countries in the EU where being queer is perfectly fine. (I'm from Germany, so ye)
I am from Germany as well. And I agree right now it is okay. But we are on a downwards trend (just this week a queer bar has been set ablaze). And when I look towards the next election I fear that this downward trend could go get even worse.
Right, I kinda forgot that.
AFD and CDU really are a thing, arent't they.
But I think that the community here is too strong to back down now. Germany has been very open and encouraging towards queer people. I'm assuming that most of the voters for these parties are older, but I have also heard that many youthy people voted for AFD, which is still very surprising to me. I am genuinely interested what they see in these parties. Or more generally: What about rightish parties is appealing? Is it just aw yeah, punk, we go against the grain! or something else?
The Netherlands are also an interesting place for me, they seem to be a rather social country and I like the way they handle energy and piracy.
BSW is also hostile to LGBT+ - they're not as open about it, but e.g. the issue with the rainbow flag in Neubrandenburg shows they're certainly no friend of the queer community.
Right, I also completely forgot BSW exists... But I guess it makes sense that they'd be hostile towards queer people, since old people vote for em and that's probably what most BSW voters would like to happen
It also makes sense because BSW is quite clearly a Putin-proxy.