Over 300 homophobic incidents reported in Catalonia last year, triple the 2015 figure

Half of discrimination episodes against gay community, as attacks on trans people on the rise

The Observatory against Homophobia reported 318 episodes of discrimination against gay, lesbian and trans communities in 2024, according to their annual report published this week. This number is 5% higher than the previous year, and triple the figure in 2015 – indeed, 2024 has seen the record-high number of homophobic events reported since the data started to be gathered a decade ago.

The data shows that half of the discrimination events were against the gay community (51%, while 26.8% of the cases were attacks on trans people and 4.4% on lesbians –while gay men are still those facing more discrimination, incidents against trans are especially on the rise.

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