Last year saw an alarming increase in abuse and hate speech against LGBTQ and intersex people in Europe and Central Asia, according to an LGBTQ+ rights advocacy group. And a great part of it came from lawmakers and politicians across the two continents. On Tuesday, ILGA-Europe released its annual publication documenting legal, political and social developments in 54 countries in Europe and Central Asia The group, a coalition of more than 600 LGBTQ and intersex rights organizations, found that politicians in 17 countries in the region — including Italy, Finland and Estonia — verbally attacked L…