Dublin LGBT Pride Festival 2012. Evelyne Paradis, executive director of ILGA-Europe, a regional LGBT rights advocacy group, said “The wave of populism... even when it’s not targeting the LGBT community specifically, contributes to and fuels a toxic, divisive social climate. In many countries we see an increase in violence and LGBT-phobic crimes.”

First published in the May 22, 2019, 11:56 p.m. edition

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