The sexual liberation movement of Ehgam Euskal Herria has pointed out that the last few weeks have been "moved, uncomfortable and media" for the LGTBI community around the murders that occurred in Bilbao. He has denounced the "morbid" treatment given to the subject by some media: "The excessive need for some media to create a morb has put our lives, our relationships, our joy and our freedom in jeopardy. They want to condemn us to live in the constant Shock doctrine, in the inexhaustible framework of fear. This endless framework of fear is also supported by some members of our collective and, consequently, linked to the stigmatization of our sexual practices".
Regarding these murders, Ehgama pointed out that "issues are not clear", but some have found "the way to stigmatize the victims, to stigmatize the way to link in digital networks, to ultimately stigmatize some concrete sexual practices and thus stigmatize the LGTBI collective. There are sectors that have not lost the slightest opportunity to highlight racism; and that racism
Many people have taken the opportunity to hide their own blame and shame. The entire burden of LGBTBIphobia has been placed on the alleged aggressor arrested and imprisoned, as if society were not phobic."
He notes that these killings are or are not homophobic attacks in Ehgam: "We know, however, that there have been attacks within a homophobic structure and that this homophobic structure has allowed them, since it is only within this homophobic society that it can be understood that some members of us have to perform occult and semi-clandestine sexual practices: our sexual practices. Armoured members, trans people -- we have difficulty or inability to freely enjoy our sexuality, because the society we live in is LGBTI phobic. This situation makes us even more vulnerable."
He denounces that they have had to hear "false justifications for collateral damage" of linking on the networks, pointing to the absurdity of: "Bars
It's like I'm going to be able to tie in the nightclubs as if I'm safer. For us, for LGBTBI people and for women* in general, ligar is not safe, either on the net, in bars, or anywhere. We live surrounded by violence, because we live in a cyisheteropatriarchal system that is not safe for us. But that doesn't exaggerate us. We will continue to develop, enjoy and share our lives, conquering and building places and spaces."
The Ehgam group has called to enter, to articulate, to take care, to organize itself to combat violence and to go out into the street today.
Bascos has known, through the online survey conducted this year, 106 LGBT phobic actions suffered in the Northern Basque Country. Most of them have been verbal insults and aggressions. These attacks have been collected in different settings, according to age, but have been attacked on social media by people of all ages: Children under the age of 18 have suffered mainly in school and leisure activities. The 18 to 25 year-olds are also many at home. And from there, adults in all media.
Against this background, members of the Bascos association have pointed out that the homophobia and transphobia campaign of the French Government in schools is far from achieving the stated objectives. And they point out that cyberbullying campaigns do not work with LGBT phobia. They ask the next government to make "a public policy the size of the challenge."
Gehitu recalls that, according to CAPV data, the number of hate and crime incidents has increased, particularly in 2021. Among them is the case of the recently known serial killer. Faced with this, it has called on the authorities to "take urgent and effective measures to protect the collective and defend our rights". Prevention policy to prevent such attacks and reactivate both the aggressors and society
call for "effective": "We ask them to create personalized work plans with the victimizers, who are the ones who have to change their behavior, but not the LGBTIQ+ people we encourage them to live freely." He has also pointed out the need for a specific transversal law to "end specific and transversal violence".
Facing society, on the one hand, he sees with good eyes that violence "irritates" to situations and "protects" us, but on the other hand warns that behind all this is hidden LGTBIQ+phobia. "We call on society and above all institutions to continue to make protests and mobilizations against violence against LGBTIQ+ people." Because, as Gehitu has pointed out, "silence does not protect us, but isolates us, and Gehitu is convinced of the strength of the collective."