Written by Konstantinos Tachtsidis

It is the state that silently withdraws educational textbooks on equality. It is the ministries that “forget” the LGBTQI+ strategy. It is the media that continues to reproduce stereotypes and bury anything that deviates from the mainstream narrative. It is the progressive institutions that are ashamed to utter a word about inclusion for fear of being labeled… “woke.”

What was won through struggle is now facing a cold retreat. Companies are putting the brakes on DEI policies, fearing backlash. Teachers are being punished for daring to speak out about gender identities. Greek society is showing signs of returning to a decency that resembles modern Puritanism: “We accept everyone – as long as they are not seen.”

But inclusion is not a lifestyle, it is a political act. We are not asking for the “tolerance” of a majority, but the establishment of rights for all minorities.

Greece is not in danger from those who are different. It is in danger from those who insist on defining what is normal, what is a homeland, what is a human being. .

Because the question is not whether there will be room for diversity.
The question is whether Greece wants to be a democracy or a club of similarities.