homophobia
Switzerland divided ahead of homophobia referendum
For gay rights campaigner Jean-Pierre Sigrist, the new law being voted on in a referendum in Switzerland on Sunday might have stopped him getting beaten up four decades ago.
Everything that changes in Switzerland in February 2020
From Brexit to the Schengen visa system, this list covers everything which is set to change in February in Switzerland.
Youth wing of Swiss People's Party calls for Coca-Cola boycott over homophobia referendum
On Monday, Coca-Cola indicated its support for an upcoming Swiss referendum criminalising homophobia. As a result, the leaders of the youth branch of the Swiss Peoples Party (SVP) - the largest party in Switzerland - are calling for a boycott.
Switzerland aims to make discrimination against LGBTI people a crime
A top Swiss parliamentary committee has proposed legal changes that would see discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and sexual identity punishable by law.
Swiss report over 100 homophobic attacks in three months
The director of gay rights organization Pink Cross, Bastian Baumann, is calling for homophobic crimes to be recorded as such by police after a helpline set up by the organization recorded over 100 cases in just three months.
Study: more young people in Switzerland are right-wing
A growing number of young people in Switzerland identify with the political right, according to a national survey.
Two homophobic attacks reported in Geneva park
A gay rights association in Geneva has warned people to take care following two suspected homophobic attacks in a city park.