27% of German LGBT voters back the far right: why?

One in four LGBT voters backs Germany's far right: what's behind it?

According to a recent article, 27% of LGBT voters in Germany choose Alternative for Germany (AfD), a party classified as far right. The figure challenges the stereotype that LGBT people vote mostly for the left and has peine the debate about what really motivates this electorate.

Analyses point to two major factors. The first is economic: while the German left has focused on identity politics — diversity ministries, inclusive language — the AfD offers a message of tax relief and border control that resonates with frustration over tax rises and inflation. The argument that people vote with their wallet, not with a flag, is gaining ground.

The second factor is security. A current of opinion within the LGBT community argues that Alice Weidel's party — she herself is openly lesbian — guarantees protection against assaults linked to certain migrant groups, a taboo subject. The AfD has capitalised on antiestéticars of Sarracinisation, a message that resonates even among traditionally pogre voters.

Against this, the German left falls back on the old cliché of the "repressed gai" to explain the phenomenon, but it increasingly runs into a stubborn reality: 27% is no anecdote. The idea that many LGBT people feel abandoned by a pogre that prioritises symbolism over material needs is winning adherents.

Does the German left's thesis that every AfD voter is a false consciousness hold up? Or, on the contrary, is the LGBT vote for the far right the clearest symptom of the divorce between pogre elites and their social base?