Exxpress [German]: Former LGBT activist speaks out: Criticism is systematically suppressed

In-depth interview with Athena Forum co-founder Kurt Krickler on EU funding for transactivist groups and the political capture it enables.

Pioneering Austrian lesbian and gay rights activist and Athena Forum co-founder Kurt Krickler speaks to Exxpress about EU funding of transactivist groups, political pressure through soft law and ideological indoctrination.

In this in-depth interview, he outlines how EU funding, expansive training programmes and soft law instruments have helped transactivist NGOs entrench political influence and suppress dissent, and highlights how dissenting views are routinely delegitimised as “transphobic,” chilling public debate and undermining academic and professional freedom

Read the article (in German) here.

Watch the video of the full conversation (in German) here: