cross-posted from: https://quokk.au/c/world/p/1193010/un-human-rights-chief-sounds-alarm-over-comprehensive-onslaught-against-lgbtq-rights

“We know that progress for human rights has never been linear … but today’s backlash is deep and it is coordinated and the persecution of LGBTIQ people around the world is escalating at an alarming rate,” he said during an U.N. LGBTI Core Group event that took place on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly.