Politicians in at least 51 countries used anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric during elections, NGO finds

Rights group also finds rise in openly gay, bisexual and transgender people running for office in 36 countriesPoliticians in at least 51 countries used homophobic or transphobic rhetoric during elections last year, from depicting LGBTQ+ identity as a foreign threat to condemning gender ideology, according to a new study of 60 countries and the EU.However, there were also gains for LGBTQ+ representation in some countries. Openly gay, bisexual and transgender people ran for office in at least 36 c...