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Very strong crowds start pride:
If the colorful tanks. Similarly, inventive make -up and the colorful outfits recall the friendly character of this annual parade, who left the Louvre to nation by a scorching temperature, the organizers had their hearts less at the party during their initial speaking.
“We are in a threatening, politically terrible context. Similarly, For the first time in years our rights are really in danger. Furthermore, ” said the president of SOS Homophobia, Julia Torlet, microphone in hand.
“It is necessary to bring us together, all, lesbians, queers, intersex, trans, gay …”, she added.
“The danger is there. In addition, An reactionary international arrives before our eyes. Consequently, in the United States, Hungary, Italy, in Russia,” launched the representative of the Aid Aid, watchword “against the reactionary international, Queers of all countries, Usons” also taken very strong crowds start pride up on the banner at the head of this procession of thousands of participants, colored with rainbow flags, golden balls and Explicit: “My clit hates fachos”.
Beyond this year’s themes (migrants. transgender people, health), Parisian march was caught up in tensions related to the international context-Donald Trump declarations in the United States, a ban on the “pride” in Budapest. Tensions also linked to a poster deemed too client by some. the arrival unwanted by the organizers of an identity collective, Eros, presenting themselves as an organ of struggle “against the ideological drifts Wook and LGBT”.
“The context is difficult because there is a rise in transphobia internationally. We try to ban. walking in Budapest, a collective of the far right is trying to demonstrate with us in Paris”, thus deplores the AFP “Vivi” Strobel, spokesperson for the Bi’Caus association.
“It is scary” – Very strong crowds start pride
About fifteen members of this Eros collective gathered away from the procession, noted an AFPTV journalist. Several dozen police forces were positioned to prevent any contact with walking.
“Our presence is not welcome, but it is a march of pride. We are proud to be homosexual. proud to be French,” the head of this group, Yohan Pawer, ex-candidate of Eric Zemmour, told the press.
In Hungary. the Budapest pride march was prohibited by the police, but it is held all the same, also on Saturday.
In the United States. it is Donald Trump’s offensive against diversity promotion programs that worries Romaric, 40, believes alongside his companion Florent, 38: “It is a militant act to come when we see what is happening in the world, in the USA. Losing the rights for which we have fought for years, it is scary,” he said.
Piyie. 18, who came to demonstrate with a group of friends, for his part, “important to show that there can be a political demonstration for important causes in a festive atmosphere”.
The Parisian march organized by the Inter-LGBT. which includes around fifty member associations, was to end in music with a scene where artists will occur for several hours.
The marches of pride are organized locally by associations everywhere in France, often in June, in connection with the riots of Stonewall, founding mobilization of the LGBT+movement, which broke out on the night of June 27 to 28, 1969, in New York
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