Govt on front line against homotransphobia - Meloni (3)

(see related) (ANSA) - ROME, MAY 17 - Premier Giorgia Meloni said Friday that her government was on the front line in the fight against homotransphobia in a message for the International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT).
    "It is our job to keep the international community's attention high on the persecution and abuse that is still perpetrated on the basis of sexual orientation in many nations around the world, as recalled today by the President of the Republic," she said.
    "The spotlight must never be switched off on the unacceptable discrimination and violence, which damages people's dignity.
    "The government is, and will always be, on the front line on this front too".
    The centre-left opposition Democratic Party (PD) denied Meloni's claim that the government was taking robust action against homo-transphobia saying "it's not true, the phenomenon is spreading like wildfire".
    Last year in Italy there were 149 cases of homo-transphobic attacks, including three homicides, Arcigay said Friday. (ANSA).