{"id":7726,"date":"2022-11-18T22:16:06","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T21:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/?p=7726"},"modified":"2022-11-23T18:22:20","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T17:22:20","slug":"new-far-right-italian-pm-causes-alarm-for-lgbtq-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/7726\/new-far-right-italian-pm-causes-alarm-for-lgbtq-community\/","title":{"rendered":"New far-right Italian PM causes alarm for LGBTQ community"},"content":{"rendered":"
After a snap election on the 25th<\/sup> of September 2022, far-right politician Giorgia Meloni became the Prime Minster of Italy.<\/p>\n Despite becoming Italy\u2019s first female Prime Minister, some have described her as the furthest right PM since the infamous dictator Benito Mussolini.<\/p>\n In a new page of Italian history, Meloni and her party the Fratelli D\u2019Italia (Brothers of Italy) take power in a time of growing support for hard-right groups in the geopolitical landscape of Europe. Sweden also electing a governing coalition with a hard-right party with roots in neo-nazism.<\/p>\n As the Fratelli D\u2019Italia have neo fascist roots and elected members like Lorezo Fontana who hold anti-abotion and anti-gay opinions the LGBT community of Italy have voiced their concerns for the safety of themselves and their rights. This coming after Italy has been shown as one of Western Europe\u2019s worst for LGBTQ+ rights.<\/p>\n Zakaria Fettah, LGBT man from Bergamo Italy puts the election result down to the country\u2019s \u201clack of education and ignorance\u201d and how it has \u201calways been a racist country not only about immigrants but also gay people\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cIn Italy LGBT community are seen as having less values than the rest. They are seen also a \u2018deviants\u2019, like people who have problems with drugs, anorexia and gay people and put them in one class\u201d<\/p>\n