"One may think that nationalism and anti-gay sentiment are natural ingredients of far right-policies, but they don't have to be"

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Fake civilisational conflict: How authoritarians abuse LGBT+ rights

There is something perplexing these days. Wherever one goes, nationalist governments attacking the LGBT+ community.

A week ago Polish police detained almost 50 people who demonstrated in favour of LGBT+ rights and may press criminal charges against them.

At the end of March, at the height of the Corona-pandemic, the Hungarian government prohibited the change of sex on official documents.

In Russia, government propaganda has for many years portrayed gay rights as an indica...

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The views expressed in this opinion piece are the author’s, not those of EUobserver

Michael Meyer-Resende is the executive director of Democracy Reporting International, a non-partisan NGO in Berlin that supports political participation.

"One may think that nationalism and anti-gay sentiment are natural ingredients of far right-policies, but they don't have to be"

Michael Meyer-Resende is the executive director of Democracy Reporting International, a non-partisan NGO in Berlin that supports political participation.