France creates fund to defend the rights of LGBTQIA+ people around the world

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France has created a fund of US$2,1 million (R$10,1 million, at current exchange rates), which its embassies will use to defend the rights of LGBTQIA+ people around the world, Chancellor Catherine Colonna announced this Monday- fair (18).

“It was the first time that a French Foreign Minister participated in this group,” said spokeswoman Anne-Claire Legendre.

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This week, Colonna participates in the 78th session of the UN General Assembly, which brings together more than 140 world leaders in New York from September 18th to 24th.

The 2 million euro fund is intended for French embassies so that they “can support those who defend diariathroughout the world the rights of LGBT+ people, sometimes putting their lives at risk,” the spokeswoman added.

This Monday, France reiterated “its commitment to the universal decriminalization of homosexuality and to defending the rights of LGBT+ people”.

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In October 2022, France appointed Jean-Marc Berthon as ambassador for the rights of LGBTQIA+ people, something unprecedented in the country's diplomacy.

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