Valencia (EFE).- The Pride march 2023 claims this year that no steps be taken back in LGTBI rights in the Valencian Community, one of the most advanced in legislation that recognizes these rights, in a context of changes of government in the that, according to the groups for sexual diversity, society does not want to return “to black and white”.
The demonstration started from Paseo de la Alameda, specifically from the Exposición bridge, towards Porta de la Mar and Calle Colón to reach Plaza del Ayuntamiento with the motto this year “Orgull de totes, drets per a totes”, according to the tour scheduled by Lambda.
In this square, on a regional holiday for San Juan, a manifesto will be read to later give way to the Pride festival, this year organized by Avegal, an association of companies and professionals for lesbians, gays, transsexuals and bisexuals of the Valencian Community.
A “mass” march
The march, “multitudinous, as expected”, as the organizers have told EFE, has dyed the streets of Valencia in multiple colors, those of “flags for the freedom to be diverse, for lesbian, gay, trans pride, bisexual and all the diversities represented by the + (sign) of our acronyms”, explained Lambda València.
More than sixty social entities have participated in the Pride march, which claims a feminism that fights for the equal rights of all women, the “unquestionable” right to self-determination of gender and bodily diversity, the existence of people non-binary and their recognition in the law, as well as that of the rights of trans children.
Among the attendees were socialists such as the Minister of Science and Innovation, Diana Morant, the representative of the Government in the Valencian Community, Pilar Bernabé, leaders of Compromís – Joan Ribó and Joan Baldoví announced their participation – as well as representatives of the PPCV such as Rocío Gil and Marisa Gayo, among others.
The rights of LGTBI people “cannot be cut in political negotiations”
The rights of LGBI people as human rights, respect for them and that they cannot be cut in political negotiations are some of the most outstanding points.
Since this Friday, the facades of Les Corts Valencianes and the Palau de la Generalitat and other institutions, as well as public buildings of various kinds such as the Valencian Museum of Illustration and Modernity (MuVIM) have been wearing the rainbow flag for of the commemoration of LGBTI Pride Day.
The Valencia City Council, governed by the PP, has also hung the LGTBI flag this Saturday and tonight it will illuminate the facade of the consistory and the ornamental fountains in the square.
The rainbow flag is the protagonist this week also on the balconies of private homes in Náquera, the first municipality in the Valencian Community in which Vox has obtained a mayoralty thanks to a government agreement with the PP, which establishes that LGTBI flags will not be placed in balconies and facades of municipal facilities.