Versión en Español

La Unión Internacional de Juventudes Socialistas (IUSY, por sus siglas en inglés), manifiesta gran preocupación por la situación política, económica y social de la Argentina.

El Gobierno nacional, con una grave irresponsabilidad, somete al pueblo argentino a las vicisitudes de su propia interna entre el Presidente Alberto Fernández y su Vicepresidenta Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. La renuncia del Ministro de Economía Martin Guzmán es la consecuencia más evidente y peligrosa de esta pelea, la cual provocó un aumento de 308 puntos en el Riesgo País y una disparada del precio real del dólar.

Esto significa más pobreza y más inflación, que es la más elevada en treinta años y que castiga siempre a los más débiles. A dos años y medio de haber asumido, aún no existe un plan económico, ni claras posiciones acerca de las reformas que necesita el país, ni compromiso político para efectuar el llamado a la concertación con las demás fuerzas políticas.

Condenamos, como juventudes comprometidas y activas, los deliberados ataques a la institucionalidad argentina, ya sea que éstos se encarnen en figuras del mismo partido gobernante, o en peligrosas expresiones de derecha, o en importantes medios de comunicación que a estas últimas responden.

El pueblo argentino se encuentra abatido y sumergido en esta crisis que atraviesa todas las facetas de la vida pública y privada. En Argentina existe un manifiesto abandono educativo; una pobreza escalofriante, que alcanza a la mitad de la población y casi 7 de cada 10 niños en el conurbano bonaerense; una inseguridad angustiante, debida, fundamentalmente, al avance del narcotráfico; una inflación histórica que ya ha superado el 60% interanual; un preocupante desabastecimiento de gasoil, necesario para el transporte de la producción agrícola.

Todo ello se suma a los problemas estructurales que el Gobierno nacional, lejos de revertirlos, los pronuncia. Entre ellos, Argentina sufre con un sistema judicial corrompido, que lejos está del valor republicano de tener una justicia independiente de intereses políticos y económicos. Cuenta con un sector formal del trabajo marcadamente débil, en un país con la mitad de sus trabajadores en el sector informal, con institutos jurídicos que carecen de capacidad para velar por los intereses de los y las trabajadoras. Existen daños ambientales terribles y que se consolidan como irreversibles, como en la provincia de Córdoba, donde ya se perdió el 95% del bosque nativo, o en la región litoral del Paraná, con quemas de humedales y sequías históricas, todo ello producido por la falta de control estatal.

Nuestro llamado, entonces, apunta a que el Gobierno nacional aporte responsabilidad y cordura ante esta dramática situación. A que ponga por delante los intereses de todo el pueblo argentino, y no sus propias internas. A que convoque a una gran concertación nacional, haciendo lo necesario para darle al país un programa y una vida pública seria, comprometida, solidaria y democrática.

IUSY expresses its concern about the economic, political and social situation in Argentina.

English Version

The International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) expresses great concern about the political, economic and social situation in Argentina.

The national government, being irresponsible, submits the argentines to the vicissitudes of its own internship between President Alberto Fernández and his Vice President, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. The resignation of Economy Minister, Martin Guzmán, is the most obvious and dangerous consequence of this fight, which caused an increase of 308 points in Country Risk and a huge rise of the price of the dollar.

This scenario caused more poverty and more inflation that punishes the weakest ones, the highest in thirty years. Two and a half years after taking office, there is still no economic plan, no clear positions on the reforms the country needs, and no political commitment to make the call for agreement with the other political forces.

We condemn the deliberate attacks on Argentine institutions, whether they are embodied by figures from the ruling party itself, or by dangerous right-wing expressions, or by important media outlets that respond to the latter.

The Argentines are dejected and submerged in this crisis that crosses all facets of public and private life. In Argentina there is an abandonment of education; a chilling poverty, which reaches half of the population and almost 7 out of 10 children in the suburbs of Buenos Aires; distressing insecurity, fundamentally due to the advance of drug trafficking; historical inflation that has already exceeded 60% year-on-year; a worrying shortage of diesel, necessary for the transport of agricultural production.

There are also structural historical problems that the national government is pronouncing. Argentina suffers from a corrupt judicial system, which is far from the republican value of having justice independent of political and economic interests. It has a markedly weak formal labor sector, in a country with half of its workers in the informal sector, with legal institutes that lack the capacity to look after the interests of workers. There are terrible environmental damages that are consolidated as irreversible, as in the province of Córdoba, where 95% of the native forest has already been lost, or in the coastal region of Paraná, with the burning of wetlands and historical droughts, all of this caused by the lack of state control.

For all the said before, IUSY request the national government to provide responsibility in the face of this dramatic situation. To put forward the interests of the entire Argentine people, and not their own internal ones. We ask to call for a great national agreement, doing what is necessary to give the country a program and a serious, committed, supportive and democratic public life.

IUSY exprime sa préoccupation face à la situation économique, politique et sociale en Argentine.

Version française

L’Union internationale de la jeunesse socialiste (IUSY) exprime sa grande inquiétude face à la situation politique, économique et sociale en Argentine.

 Le gouvernement national, avec une grave irresponsabilité, soumet le peuple argentin aux vicissitudes de son propre internat entre le président Alberto Fernández et sa vice-présidente Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.  La démission du ministre de l’Économie Martin Guzmán est la conséquence la plus évidente et la plus dangereuse de cette lutte, qui a provoqué une augmentation de 308 points du risque pays et une flambée du prix réel du dollar.

 Cela signifie plus de pauvreté et plus d’inflation, qui est la plus élevée depuis trente ans et qui punit toujours les plus faibles.  Deux ans et demi après son arrivée au pouvoir, il n’y a toujours pas de plan économique, pas de positions claires sur les réformes dont le pays a besoin, et pas d’engagement politique pour faire l’appel à l’accord avec les autres forces politiques.

 Nous condamnons, en tant que jeunesse engagée et active, les attaques délibérées contre les institutions argentines, qu’elles s’incarnent dans des personnalités du parti au pouvoir lui-même, ou dans des expressions de droite dangereuses, ou dans d’importants médias qui répondent à ces dernières.

 Le peuple argentin est abattu et submergé par cette crise qui traverse toutes les facettes de la vie publique et privée.  En Argentine, il y a un abandon scolaire manifeste ;  une pauvreté glaçante, qui touche la moitié de la population et près de 7 enfants sur 10 dans la banlieue de Buenos Aires ;  une insécurité affligeante, due essentiellement à la progression du trafic de drogue ;  une inflation historique qui a déjà dépassé 60% en glissement annuel ;  une pénurie inquiétante de gasoil, nécessaire au transport de la production agricole.

 Tout cela s’ajoute aux problèmes structurels que le gouvernement national, loin de renverser, prononce.  Parmi eux, l’Argentine souffre d’un système judiciaire corrompu, loin de la valeur républicaine d’une justice indépendante des intérêts politiques et économiques.  Il a un secteur du travail formel nettement faible, dans un pays avec la moitié de ses travailleurs dans le secteur informel, avec des instituts juridiques qui n’ont pas la capacité de s’occuper des intérêts des travailleurs.  Il y a de terribles dommages environnementaux qui sont consolidés comme irréversibles, comme dans la province de Córdoba, où 95% de la forêt indigène a déjà été perdue, ou dans la région côtière de Paraná, avec l’incendie des zones humides et les sécheresses historiques, toutes causées par l’absence de contrôle étatique.

 Notre appel pointe donc vers le gouvernement national qui doit faire preuve de responsabilité et de bon sens face à cette situation dramatique.  Mettre en avant les intérêts de tout le peuple argentin, et non les leurs.  Appeler à une grande entente nationale, faire le nécessaire pour donner au pays un programme et une vie publique sérieuse, engagée, solidaire et démocratique.

The US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the nation’s right to abortion is the latest step in a history that began in 1973, with the ruling in the controversial case of Roe v. Wade. Overturning Roe v. Wade will not end abortion, it will only end safe abortions and access to
healthcare for millions of women.

The US is deeply divided both structurally and socially. The SCOTUS decision to overturn Roe v Wade will exacerbate all forms of division, among contributions to the decline of US democratic integrity. Globally, the impact of this decision only validates and empowers threats to reproductive justice everywhere.

The Supreme Court’s decision sends a message that normalizes gender and sexualized inequality, gives free reign to incidents of violence, removes social safety nets for accountability, bodily autonomy, and harm reduction. Furthermore, a constitutionally guaranteed personal liberty is taken away and utterly disregarding the one in four women in the United States who make the decision to end a pregnancy.

Utter chaos lies ahead and will ignite a public health crisis in the US. The most economically vulnerable will also be the most affected.

Economic inequality in the US will drive the remaining access to all reproductive healthcare, not just abortion care. The privatized US healthcare system is already inaccessible to those with economic instability – immigrants, part-time workers, unemployed, houseless, and otherwise
low-income communities.

Travelling across state lines or abroad for an abortion is not affordable for all women. Many will resort, experts predict, to the alternative of abortion pills, which are less safe for patients.

As of the ruling, abortion rights will be determined by the states unless Congress acts.  Nearly half of the states have already passed or will pass laws banning abortion, while others have enacted strict measures to regulate the procedure.

Each of USs 50 internal administrations will be able to prohibit the possibility of intervening during the pregnancy process, or not. Estimates indicate that the map of the United States will most likely be divided in two, between those that enable it and those that will restrict the
incredibly difficult, lifechanging and private decision and right of abortion.

Abortion access is a socialist issue, it is a feminist issue, and it is a systemic racial issue.

This situation shows that women’s rights, as human rights, have been in constant dispute throughout history. This is a setback in the guarantee of the human rights of pregnant women and people, reflects how conservative and right-wing groups are determined to put at risk the life of those who decide to interrupt their pregnancy and their progress in other rights related to women and gender freedoms.

IUSY regrets what happened recently in the United States, which represents a worrying step backwards in rights and means that many women will continue to put their lives at risk by going underground.

We call for respect for the progressiveness of human rights and ensuring every person’s right to make decisions about their body and their lives, as well as access to the full range of reproductive healthcare.

IUSY stands firmly on the side of women and will continue to fight and advocate for expanded healthcare rights for all women and ensure that a right to choose is never taken away.

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Desde la UNIÓN INTERNACIONAL DE JUVENTUDES SOCIALISTAS (IUSY) rechazamos y condenamos la grave conmoción social que se vive en Ecuador desde el 13 de junio. Desde que iniciaron las jornadas de protestas para exigir las justas demandas al gobierno la Alianza por los Derechos Humanos en el Ecuador registró, hasta el mediodía del 21 de junio del 2022, 39 vulneraciones de derechos humanos a lo largo y ancho del país. Ello se traducen en 79 detenciones, y más de 50 personas heridas. Así mismo, la represión ha dejado hasta la fecha dos víctimas mortales.

En este contexto, denunciamos el accionar violento de la fuerza pública ante las caravanas de personas que se han movilizado hacia Quito para que su voz sea escuchada y rechazamos la vil agresión dictatorial de intimidación al ordenar la militarización de la Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana y la sede de la Confederación Nacional de Organizaciones Campesinas, Indígenas y Negras  (FENOCIN).

La grave conmoción social que se vive en Ecuador responde a un sinnúmero de problemáticas no resueltas por las administraciones gubernamentales durante los últimos años. Las diversas organizaciones agrario-campesinas, los sectores populares, feministas, ecologistas, estudiantes universitarios y secundarios que hoy se expresan en las calles, demandan al presidente Guillermo Lasso inversión en salud, educación, viabilidad, reactivación económica de los pequeños y medianos productores, condiciones justas para el trabajo y marcos normativos que permitan una vida digna a quienes menos tienen.

El actual presidente Lasso, con su agenda neoliberal, amenazó a las instituciones de educación superior con reducir aún más sus presupuestos, a fin de impedir que abran sus puertas al pueblo. Durante los últimos dos días, la policía nacional ha invadido los recintos de la Universidad Salesiana, la Escuela Politécnica Nacional, la Universidad de Cuenca y la Universidad Central del Ecuador. Las instituciones de educación superior han sido declaradas como zonas de paz y acopio; no obstante, se han registrado acciones que violentan la autonomía universitaria consagrada en la Constitución de la República en el artículo 355 y la Ley Orgánica de Educación Superior artículo 19.

En el marco del paro nacional, las acciones y omisiones del gobierno han elevado la conflictividad pues actúa con un doble discurso: mientras en comunicados, ruedas de prensa y declaraciones ante medios tradicionales, habla de diálogo y paz, en acciones concretas evidenciamos que la represión es forma de interactuar con quienes le exigen a la Función Ejecutiva respuestas claras ante sus demandas.

Por lo expuesto, rechazamos la permanente criminalización de la protesta social en Ecuador, y  hacemos un llamado a la Comunidad Internacional y los organismos de Derechos Humanos para que pongan especial atención a lo que ocurre en el país.

IUSY statement on the serious social upheaval in Ecuador

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The INTERNATIONAL UNION OF SOCIALIST YOUTH (IUSY) rejects and condemn the serious social commotion that has been taking place in Ecuador since June 13. Since the beginning of the protests, the Alliance for Human Rights in Ecuador registered, until midday on June 21, 39 violations of human rights throughout the country. This translates into 79 arrests, and more than 50 people injured. In addition, the repression has so far resulted in two fatalities.

In this context, we denounce the violent actions of the security forces against the caravans of people who have mobilized to Quito to make their voices heard and we reject the vile dictatorial aggression of intimidation by ordering the militarization of Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana and the headquarters of the National Confederation of Peasant, Indigenous and Black Organisations (FENOCIN, in Spanish).

The serious social unrest in Ecuador is the result of a number of problems that have not been solved by government administrations in recent years. The various agrarian-peasant organisations, the popular sectors, feminists, ecologists, university and secondary school students who are today expressing themselves in the streets, are demanding that President Guillermo Lasso invest in health, education, viability, economic reactivation of small and medium-sized producers, fair working conditions and regulatory frameworks that allow a dignified life for those who have the least.

Current president Lasso, and his government`s neoliberal agenda, threatened higher education institutions with further cuts in their budgets in order to prevent them from opening their doors to the people. For the past two days, the national police have invaded the campuses of the Salesian University, the National Polytechnic School, the University of Cuenca and the Central University of Ecuador. The higher education institutions have been declared zones of peace and collection; however, there have been actions that violate the university autonomy enshrined in the Constitution of the Republic in Article 355 and the Organic Law of Higher Education Article 19.

In the framework of the national strike, the actions and omissions of the government have increased the conflict because it acts with a double discourse: while in press conferences and statements to traditional media it speaks of dialogue and peace, in concrete actions we see that repression is the way to interact with those who demand clear answers to their demands from the Executive Function.

Therefore, we reject the permanent criminalisation of social protest in Ecuador, and we call on the international community and human rights organisations to pay special attention to what is happening in the country.

Déclaration de l’IUSY sur les graves bouleversements sociaux en Équateur

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Depuis l’UNION INTERNATIONALE DE LA JEUNESSE SOCIALISTE (IUSY), nous rejetons et condamnons la grave agitation sociale qui a lieu en Équateur depuis le 13 juin. Depuis le début des journées de protestation pour exiger des demandes justes au gouvernement, l’Alliance pour les droits de l’homme en Équateur a enregistré, jusqu’à midi le 21 juin 2022, 39 violations des droits de l’homme dans tout le pays. Cela se traduit par 79 arrestations, et plus de 50 personnes blessées. En outre, la répression a fait jusqu’à présent deux morts.

Dans ce contexte, nous dénonçons les actions violentes des forces de sécurité contre les caravanes de personnes qui se sont mobilisées vers Quito pour faire entendre leur voix et nous rejetons la vile agression dictatoriale d’intimidation en ordonnant la militarisation de la Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana et du siège de la Confédération nationale des organisations paysannes, indigènes et noires (FENOCIN, en espagnol).

La grave agitation sociale en Équateur est le résultat d’un certain nombre de problèmes qui n’ont pas été résolus par les administrations gouvernementales ces dernières années. Les différentes organisations agraires et paysannes, les secteurs populaires, les féministes, les écologistes, les étudiants des universités et des écoles secondaires qui s’expriment aujourd’hui dans les rues, exigent du président Guillermo Lasso qu’il investisse dans la santé, l’éducation, la viabilité, la réactivation économique des petits et moyens producteurs, des conditions de travail équitables et des cadres réglementaires qui permettent une vie digne à ceux qui ont le moins.

L’actuel président Lasso, avec son programme néolibéral, a menacé les établissements d’enseignement supérieur de nouvelles coupes dans leurs budgets afin de les empêcher d’ouvrir leurs portes à la population. Depuis deux jours, la police nationale a envahi les campus de l’université salésienne, de l’école polytechnique nationale, de l’université de Cuenca et de l’université centrale de l’Équateur. Les établissements d’enseignement supérieur ont été déclarés zones de paix et de collecte ; cependant, il y a eu des actions qui ont violé l’autonomie universitaire inscrite dans la Constitution de la République à l’article 355 et dans la loi organique de l’enseignement supérieur à l’article 19.

Dans le cadre de la grève nationale, les actions et les omissions du gouvernement ont augmenté le conflit car il agit avec un double discours : alors que dans les communiqués, les conférences de presse et les déclarations aux médias traditionnels, il parle de dialogue et de paix, dans les actions concrètes nous voyons que la répression est la manière d’interagir avec ceux qui exigent des réponses claires à leurs demandes de la part de la fonction exécutive.

Nous rejetons donc la criminalisation permanente de la protestation sociale en Équateur, et nous appelons la communauté internationale et les organisations de défense des droits de l’homme à accorder une attention particulière à ce qui se passe dans le pays.

IUSY QUEER WORKING GROUP

To this day, same sex sexual activity is still criminalised in 69 countries around the world. Laws enabling trans people to legally change their gender are implemented in only 96 countries. However, according to the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) only 25 of them do not have “prohibitive requirements”. In 13 countries it is still illegal to “cross-dress”, so to dress not according to your official gender. These numbers show the unjust and unsafe situation for queer people from law’s perspective. But even if there are laws in charge to acknowledge the existing of queer and trans people, it does not mean they are safe. The Universal declaration of Human Rights states that everyone has the right to security of the person and protection against violence or bodily harm. Regardless of that, in most countries no law prohibits the discrimination based on sexuality or being trans. As a result of that, queer and trans people are often facing violence, be it physically, verbally or structurally. 

Despite the gains made for the rights of queer people around the world, many nations are continuing to see a year-on-year rise in hate crimes comitted against queer and trans individuals. These hate crimes do not occur in isolation, but rather are spurred on and encouraged when governments fail to address institutional bigotry. According to the ILGA, only 11 countries have constitutional protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation. The lack of equal constitutional rights for queer people feeds into overarching societal prejudice, and subsequently creates a hostile environment. In order to address the hostile environments directly affecting queer people, national governments must take action to enshrine protections for queer and trans individuals in law.

We as social democratic and socialist youth organizations call upon our parties, especially those in governing power to to use their political weight to fight for the rights of the LGBTIAQ* community. To work towards legislature that prohibits hate crimes and enables free expression of gender identity and sexual orientation. But legislation and politics is not enough. We also need a societal change!

Therefore we as IUSY members call on our members and comrades to engage with people and fight queer- and transphobia and hate wherever we come across it. We have to work together so that being yourself and loving who you love will no longer be a threat to one’s life. 

“I chose the journalism to be close to the people, it might not be easy to change the reality, but at least I could bring their voice to the world” SHIREEN ABU AKLEH

IUSY strongly condemns the killing of a Palestinian journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh.

The Israeli occupation forces have executed the Palestinian famous Al Jazeera journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh, with live ammunition in her head in the occupied West Bank, while covering Israeli army raids in the city of Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank on Wednesday morning. Another journalist, Ali al-Samoudi, was also wounded by a bullet in the back in line of duty.

The incident was recorded live and according to witnesses including Al-Samoudi and other journalists, Abu Akleh was wearing her press vest, helmet, id badge, and was standing with other journalists when she was executed. There were no Palestinian fighters present when the journalist was shot, and there were no direct clashes with the Israeli occupation forces in the same spot, and as asserted the journalists had been directly targeted.

IUSY condemns this heinous crime, which intends to only prevent the media from conducting their duty and holds the Israeli government and the occupation forces responsible for the killing of Shireen.

IUSY also calls on the international community to condemn and hold Israel accountable for their intentional targetting and killing of Palestinians. This crime is considered a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law and international conventions and norms, which stipulate that journalists and media workers must be protected. For decades, Israel has targeted Palestinian journalists covering the occupied Palestinian territory, killing dozens of reporters and injuring and imprisoning hundreds more.

Journalists covering the occupied West Bank have become accustomed to Israeli attacks. When covering demonstrations or confrontations in the West Bank, journalists are often shot with tear gas, rubber bullets and live ammunition.

Israel consistently violates international human rights laws in the occupied territory, but rarely is accountability ever demanded by third-party states and the global institutions responsible for ensuring and implementing justice.

We emphasize that targeting journalists constitutes a crime under the international human rights law and international humanitarian law.

Furthermore, IUSY believes that this crime reflects a policy to silence the press practiced by the Israeli occupation forces, aiming to hide the truth and stifle a counter narrative that exposes the Israeli occupation’s crimes against the Palestinian people.

Therefore, IUSY calls upon the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the International Commission of Inquiry to take a clear and unwavering position, and investigate the Israeli occupation crimes against Palestinian civilians, including journalists, as ongoing and recurrent crimes.

The State of Israel must be accountable for the ongoing Apartheid in the illegally occupied territories of Palestine.

The Trans Day of Visibility takes place every year on 31^st of March. It celebrates trans, non-binary and genderqueer people and highlights their struggle for liberation, representation, and recognition. Still all around the globe trans people are discriminated against, often not even legally able to live in their true gender. We as international organisation of young socialists, stand by all trans people in their fight to live. We do not want a life where they can only survive but truly thrive.

To end discrimination against queer and especially trans people, visibility is a necessity, as it manifests their variety in existence and diminishes prejudices and fears against the community. Trans people are not one homogenous block but millions of different lives and experiences. On this day we want to celebrate their existence and the long way they have gone. Thanks to many brave and strong trans people living out and proud, more and more people can identify themselves with them and find words for their own identity. Visibility is providing words for feelings that are so hard to describe.

We stand proudly with all our trans, non-binary and genderqueer brothers and sisters all around the world. United in the fight for a better and just world.

For this year’s International Day of Transgender Visibility we asked three comrades from Germany, the Philippines and Uruguay some questions concerning transgender visibility and rights.

What does visibility mean to you and why is it important?

Visibility is relevant to help one another on our own journeys, to inform ourselves and to share knowledge about the different possibilities of transition processes. In this sense, I consider that it is not only important the visibility of trans people but also to give visibility to social collectives and organizations that can guide people in the beginning of their processes, who have info on the various gender expressions, outside the cis-binary.

– Amelie Galisteo, Uruguay

Visibility for me, means to be included in the decision-making process in creating policies for the progress of everyone. We all have our voice, though our experiences may differ from the others, it is equally important for it to be heard so that we can celebrate diversity in order for a progressive society to thrive.

– Sheen Melican, Philippines

Visibility to me means being open about who I am to everyone.

– Theresia Stahl, German

2. What is the political and social situation in your country regarding trans rights?

Uruguay has a Comprehensive Law for Trans People that was carried out by several social organizations and was approved in October 2018. Still, formal equality does not automatically translate into real equality. For trans people outside of Montevideo it is almost impossible to access hormonal therapy and the delays and obstacles that exist to start the processes are immense /Amelie

The views and opinions in the Philippines still align with the patriarch and toxic masculinity mentality, the majority are having a hard time understanding about LGBTQ topics and the depths and complexities of being trans /Sheen

The laws guiding transition in Germany were never updated by the legislature since 1981. Our Supreme Court has over time shot many of the worst parts of this law down, like forced sterilization or banning trans people from ever marrying. The new government of social democrats, greens and liberals promised to abolish the old law and pass a new law giving trans people the right to medically and legally transition without extensive gatekeeping / Theresia

How can people in your country engage and support the queer community?

In order to support the Uruguayan trans community and to truly commit ourselves, more information needs to be disseminated to the cis heteronormative population in order to fight against the existing disinformation and achieve a cultural change where we can be truly free and equal / Amelie

People can engage and support the queer community by starting to educate and free themselves from the biases and stereotypes that they were taught while growing up. They can support and empower us by actively participating in initiatives and lobbying for legislations, have a care when someone from the community experiences injustices or discrimination, and be an Ally everyday in creating and keeping a society that is inclusive, respectful, and protective of our rights / Sheen

People in my country can support the queer community best by fighting the ongoing fight against trans exclusionary regressives all across the political spectrum, as well as through political means supporting the queer communities of our close neighbours in eastern Europe / Theresia