“There are no words to describe what we feel after last night’s transphobic attack by a crowd of dozens of thugs against two young trans people in Aristotelous Square, Thessalonikihe says in his announcement about the incident on Day 25.

“The images and videos that have been released showing how the two transgender people were hunted down frighten and anger us.» he typically emphasizes speaking about an ugly aspect of a society that feeds on transphobia and homophobia, with attacks on vulnerable people, that feels strong when it tramples on the weak, that laughs at the pain of others.

He summarizes that we are all responsible for the causes of this attack.

He believes that the recent passing of the bill on marriage for same-sex couples revealed the real dark views of many government MPs and ministers.

“In a country where the political leadership itself, while recognizing basic human rights, allows racist televised debates to be set up to keep its entire audience satisfied, unfortunately it creates hate speech and leaves room for incidents like yesterday’s in Thessaloniki.” underlines and adds that “with all our souls we stand by the LGBTI+ community and wish the two young victims to be well. We demand that the state ensure that there is no loophole for those who contributed to the transphobic lynching to escape»

It summarizes that in order to prevent another such attack from happening again, the State, collectives and organizations dealing with Human and LGBTI+ Rights need, from yesterday, to immediately proceed with initiatives to inform and highlight the visibility and equality of trans and homosexual people .

“This society will change. It must and can change. We will fight for them. To defeat their far-right speech, intolerance and obscurantism“, he closes.