“Shocking and unjustifiedhe characterized the recent ones homophobic attacks against two transgender people in Thessaloniki, the Olympic champion and ambassador of the European Commission of Human Rights against hate speech, Ioannis Melissanidis.

“Any form of physical or verbal violence is despicable and unjustified, even by minors. Verbal violence with mathematical precision leads to a criminal act” said a guest in his studio .

“A troubled family environment certainly plays a role in these aggressive behaviors, but not all people become aggressive by growing up in troubled families. Behind boys who commit homophobic and racist attacks is their need to prove how “manly” they are» said the Olympian.

“For me, lavender and magic are sexless, they only have one soul. Whoever does not have a soul and does not honor “what he carries” behaves like this,” he said.

According to Ioannis Melissanidis, his vote bill for same-sex couples it was “huge” plus signo, but it takes time for the equality of the sexes to become “law” in the minds of the citizens as well.

An important role in this direction is also played by education in schools, so that children learn from a young age to respect her diversity.

Finally, as he said, solution in the phenomena of hate speech and racist violence is the “arrest, punishment and stigmatization’ of the perpetrators, so that attacks are prevented.