During the 40th anniversary of the decriminalization of homosexuality in France, the Prime Minister also announced the creation of a fund of 3 million euros to finance new LGBT+centers.
Le Monde with AFP
The Prime Minister warned: “The battle of mentalities has not yet been won.” Elisabeth Borne announced Thursday, August 4, that “LGBT+ Rights Ambassador” would be appointed “before the end of the year” and that a fund of three million euros would be created to finance new LGBT+centers.
The government’s heading spoke during a visit to the LGBT+ Center in Orleans, on the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of the decriminalization of homosexuality in France.
The LGBT+ Rights Ambassador “will coordinate the action of the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs for Protection against Discrimination and the Promotion of LGBT+ Rights and will carry the voice of France,” said M Me terminal. In particular, it will be a question of defending “the universal decriminalization of homosexuality and transidentity”.
The Prime Minister also praised “the exemplary work of LGBT+ associations and centers”, “identifiable and accessible entry points for many people who do not know who to turn”. Last year, these centers “helped nearly 6,000 people throughout our country,” she insisted, declaring that “anti-lgbt+ hatred continues to exclude, injure and even sometimes kill”.
The three million euros fund must allow the creation of ten new centers, in addition to the existing thirty-five. The objective is that there are at least two centers in each region of France and at least one center in each overseas region.
“Bounding expressions”
Questioned on Minister Caroline Cayeux, who caused an outcry in mid-July by designating homosexual people by the formula “these people”, the government’s heads deplored “hurtful expressions”. However, she assured that there was “no ambiguity on the commitment of all the members of [her] government, who bear the same vision of a progressive society”.
Regarding the bill brought by Senator Ps Hussein Bourgi, who requests compensation for persons sentenced for homosexuality between 1942 and 1982, the Prime Minister said that she “heard” and that she was going The “watch”.
“This is not a simple subject to know how we repair injuries that have been brought due to discrimination,” she said, considering “important, already, acting that ‘Introduction of discrimination in law had been a fault, and to salute and commemorate the repeal of these provisions “.