CALL FOR HOLOCAUST EDUCATION CENTRE TO INCLUDE LGBTIQA+ VICTIMS
STRONGER HATE SPEECH LAWS NEEDED
Group spokesperson, Rodney Croome, said,
“We call on the Government to commit to the memorialisation of all victims of the Holocaust, including LGBTIQA+ people.”
“Educating young Australians about the Nazis’ persecution of LGBTIQA+ people is an important response to rising anti-LGBTIQA+ hate in Australia.”
“We also want the Government to ensure LGBTIQA+ advocates and historians are involved in the planning of the Centre, alongside representatives of other communities who were persecuted during the Holocaust.”
Today's announcement of a national Holocaust Education Centre sited in Canberra was accompanied by a funding pledge of $6.4 million.
Mr Croome also called on the Federal Government to bolster its proposed hate speech laws to prohibit intimidation, humiliation and incitement to hatred against all vulnerable groups, including LGBTIQA+ people, not just incitement to violence as currently proposed.
“Federal hate speech law should come up to the high standard set in some states rather than fall below that standard", he said.
“Every Australian deserves equal and effective protection from speech that incites hate.”
It is estimated that up to 100,000 LGBTIQA+ people were arrested in Nazi Germany with up to 10,000 sent to concentration camps.
For a copy of this statement on the web, click here
For more information contact Rodney Croome on 0409 010 668.
