Slovakian industry unites to condemn LGBTIQ+ hate crime
More than 40 venues and 70 artists are joining forces for a series of events to protest last week's homophobic murders in Bratislava
News By IQ | 21 October 2022
Slovakia’s live music industry is uniting to condemn two homophobic murders which took place last week, outside of LGBTIQ+ bar Tepláreň in Bratislava.
On 12 October, a far-right radicalised gunman murdered two young men, Matúš Horváth and Juraj Vankulič, in what has been dubbed “a cowardly act of terror”.
The hate crime attracted the attention of the European Parliament, which has called on governments to condemn hate and violence against “persons based on their gender, sexual orientation, gender identity…