Question 7973 — discrimination

Summary

Ms. Ersilia Soudais draws the attention of the Minister Delegate to the Prime Minister, responsible for equality between women and men and the fight against discrimination, to the unfounded controversy aroused by the poster for the Pride March organized by the Inter-LGBT in Paris. Unveiled on June 3, 2025, this militant poster, illustrated by the artist Tola Vart and bearing the slogan “Against the reactionary international, Queers of all countries, let's unite", was the subject of a series of largely disproportionate criticisms, mainly initiated by right-wing and far-right political figures. The object of the controversy? A supposedly “violent” design, completely diverting the anti-fascist meaning of the original visual and deliberately ignoring the traditional codes of this queer militant poster. Through this controversy, it is a attempt to delegitimize the LGBTQIA+ fight that is taking place, in a France where we imagine violence in art and struggles, while tolerating the trivialization of hatred. Furthermore, while this poster becomes the central subject of media debates, the very real violence goes silent. The latest report from SOS Homophobia is damning: reports of LGBTphobic remarks online increased by 47% between 2022 and 2023. The association also highlights a 35% increase in physical attacks recorded over the same period. Yet there has been no national outrage or withdrawal of funding. At the same time, private Facebook groups affiliated with the National Rally bring together elected officials making openly racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic remarks without any sanction being taken. For example, we read “The Arabs outside ", "France is run by Zionist Jews", or even insults directly aimed at the President of the Republic, described as a "little faggot" in a group called "France with Jordan Bardella". No reaction from the Government, not even a press release. The current controversy, unjustified, is therefore not a question of “symbolic violence” in a poster. It is the symptom of political hypocrisy: we are indignant at a militant drawing but we turn our eyes away from the most hateful comments and actions, especially when they come from the extreme right. She therefore asks her what she intends to do to defend the freedom of expression of LGBTQIA+ associations, in the face of attempts at political and media censorship and how she intends to really fight against LGBTphobic violence and speech.

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