A parade in Milan on June 24th concluded ‘pride month,’ a time in which people are encouraged “to celebrate and encourage equal gender rights and love in all forms, without discrimination.”
This year, however, pride activists have focused more on attacking Meloni’s government than on celebrating the LGBT community. This new focus was showcased at the Milan event.
Among the floats that took part in the parade was one depicting Giorgia Meloni’s head on Mussolini’s body with a backdrop of Margaret Atwood’s handmaids in white headdresses and red tunics, symbolic of the feminist struggle for abortion ‘rights’ in America.
The demonstration opened with a procession in which, behind the slogan “Recognize Me, Equality and Rights,” representatives of the PD [Partito Democratico], the 5-Star Movement, +Europa, Italian Left, and CGIL [Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro, Italy’s largest trade union federation] participated along with various ‘rainbow’ families.
The protest was aimed at the decision of the Milan court to annul the birth certificate of the child of two fathers conceived through surrogacy, as well as the the Padua prosecutor’s office decision to challenge 33 birth certificates registered by same-sex parents “for illegitimacy.” Responding to this, Riccardo Magi, secretary of +Europa, expressed himself sharply: “One wants to affirm a family model but a democracy must respect diversity.” He added: “The right wing is advancing more and more in its attack,” and the idea of making that kind of parenthood a universal crime “is extremely serious in several respects” because “it is in contrast with the European Charter of Rights.”
The presence of PD secretary, Elly Schlein, was difficult to miss. After chanting Bella Ciao on a float, she pointed her finger at the government: “We are in danger of regression on rights, not only in Italy with this government, but also in Europe.” Schlein then relaunched the need for “a law against hate,” pointing out, “Alessandro Zan [a politician and LGBT activists] is here with me, and we have not forgotten that horrible applause with which a law of civilization, against hate discrimination, was scuttled—instead of which [it] is much needed.”
Also present was Milan mayor, Beppe Sala, who joined in the attacks on the prime minister: “Giorgia Meloni’s right-wing government is attacking the rights of ‘rainbow’ families and their children. That is why pride is a demonstration of resistance.”
Meanwhile, a pride event was also held in Palermo despite an internal disagreement within the majority in local government on whether to sponsor the event. The deputy mayor, Carolina Varchi, opposed it, but the mayor, Roberto Lagalla, decided to grant it.
Francesco Rocca, Lazio region governor, revoked his support for Rome pride and later resigned from his role as president of the International Red Cross: “Recent events related to Rome pride have made me realize how every single decision and action taken by me, even if always in line with our fundamental principles and values, can be exploited in good or bad faith.”
Although ‘pride month’ comes to an end on June 30, accusations of oppression will continue as long as the center-right is in government. The ‘discrimination emergency’ will end only when the Left takes power.
‘Pride Month’ Has an Enemy: Giorgia Meloni
A parade in Milan on June 24th concluded ‘pride month,’ a time in which people are encouraged “to celebrate and encourage equal gender rights and love in all forms, without discrimination.”
This year, however, pride activists have focused more on attacking Meloni’s government than on celebrating the LGBT community. This new focus was showcased at the Milan event.
Among the floats that took part in the parade was one depicting Giorgia Meloni’s head on Mussolini’s body with a backdrop of Margaret Atwood’s handmaids in white headdresses and red tunics, symbolic of the feminist struggle for abortion ‘rights’ in America.
The demonstration opened with a procession in which, behind the slogan “Recognize Me, Equality and Rights,” representatives of the PD [Partito Democratico], the 5-Star Movement, +Europa, Italian Left, and CGIL [Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro, Italy’s largest trade union federation] participated along with various ‘rainbow’ families.
The protest was aimed at the decision of the Milan court to annul the birth certificate of the child of two fathers conceived through surrogacy, as well as the the Padua prosecutor’s office decision to challenge 33 birth certificates registered by same-sex parents “for illegitimacy.” Responding to this, Riccardo Magi, secretary of +Europa, expressed himself sharply: “One wants to affirm a family model but a democracy must respect diversity.” He added: “The right wing is advancing more and more in its attack,” and the idea of making that kind of parenthood a universal crime “is extremely serious in several respects” because “it is in contrast with the European Charter of Rights.”
The presence of PD secretary, Elly Schlein, was difficult to miss. After chanting Bella Ciao on a float, she pointed her finger at the government: “We are in danger of regression on rights, not only in Italy with this government, but also in Europe.” Schlein then relaunched the need for “a law against hate,” pointing out, “Alessandro Zan [a politician and LGBT activists] is here with me, and we have not forgotten that horrible applause with which a law of civilization, against hate discrimination, was scuttled—instead of which [it] is much needed.”
Also present was Milan mayor, Beppe Sala, who joined in the attacks on the prime minister: “Giorgia Meloni’s right-wing government is attacking the rights of ‘rainbow’ families and their children. That is why pride is a demonstration of resistance.”
Meanwhile, a pride event was also held in Palermo despite an internal disagreement within the majority in local government on whether to sponsor the event. The deputy mayor, Carolina Varchi, opposed it, but the mayor, Roberto Lagalla, decided to grant it.
Francesco Rocca, Lazio region governor, revoked his support for Rome pride and later resigned from his role as president of the International Red Cross: “Recent events related to Rome pride have made me realize how every single decision and action taken by me, even if always in line with our fundamental principles and values, can be exploited in good or bad faith.”
Although ‘pride month’ comes to an end on June 30, accusations of oppression will continue as long as the center-right is in government. The ‘discrimination emergency’ will end only when the Left takes power.
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