The lawmaker recalled that €161,000 was allocated in 2025 to four projects run by social organizations and clarified that these were not “direct payments to individuals or grants awarded based on gender orientation,” but funding intended to prevent hate speech and promote equality, as required of the regional executive by Aragonese laws.
“This funding line disappears in 2026, but discrimination, LGBT-phobia and hate speech do not,” Iglesias said. She called for explanations over the removal of the grants because, in her view, it “affects social organizations’ ability to develop awareness, prevention and support programs concerning equality and rights.”
The Socialist lawmaker said that “no one should feel ashamed of who they are,” but that “perhaps Mr. Azcón and Mr. Nolasco should feel ashamed for promoting or allowing these kinds of xenophobic policies to be implemented.” “There must not be first-class and second-class citizens in Aragon,” she concluded.
