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juni 15, 2025
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No Free Trade on Hate: When the US Tells the UK to Drop Queer Protections

Door Iker Del Rio / april 21, 2025

While Brussels gets ready to celebrate Pride with open arms, a darker political storm is brewing across the Atlantic — and it affects us all. Reports out of Washington reveal that U.S. Vice President JD Vance intends to pressure the UK to weaken its LGBTQ+ hate speech protections in exchange for a trade deal. Yes, really.

The plan? To demand a rollback of laws that protect queer people and other minorities from abuse — all under the banner of “free speech.” The Public Order Act and the Racial and Religious Hatred Act, key pieces of UK legislation, have long offered vital safeguards against hate-fueled rhetoric. Scrapping them would be a major step backward — not just for the UK, but as a dangerous international signal.

It’s a chilling reminder: our rights, our safety, and our dignity are still negotiable to some. Worse, Vance reportedly called liberalism and immigration “the most surefire way to destroy democracy,” proving that this isn’t just about trade — it’s about ideology.

But let’s be clear: hate is not free speech. And queer lives aren’t pawns in political games.

From Brussels to Brighton, Berlin to Boston, queer communities have fought too hard to be told we’re optional. We deserve more than tolerance — we demand protection. And when world leaders start treating LGBTQ+ safety as a “feature” of negotiation rather than a right, we speak up.

Because if there’s one thing we know how to do — it’s fight back with love, pride, and power.

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