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Athens, Greece—A torrent of online abuse and disinformation has soured a breakthrough year for Greece’s LGBTQ activists as the country hosts Europe’s biggest Pride celebration for the first time.
But LGBTQ activists say a banner year for their legal rights has come with a harsh backlash online marked by an uptick in hate speech and misleading claims proliferating on social media. The idea that LGBTQ people forming families constitutes a threat to the “traditional” family is also prevalent in misinformation identified and fact-checked by AFP.
The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association in Europe has tracked rising hatred towards the trans community in Greece online over the last year. Despina Chronaki, a journalism lecturer at the University of Athens, said the powerful Orthodox Church saw LGBTQ people as a “threat” to the dominant heterosexual norm, which influenced the wider culture.
Other false claims were linked to Greece’s government attempting to extend a more welcoming attitude to LGBTQ tourists this year. The Ministry of Tourism recently issued guidelines to hotels, which included the suggestion of flying the rainbow flag.
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