(ANSA) – ROME, APRIL 30 – “The paradox today is that the gay mafia is the problem. Not being homosexual, but the mafia of homosexuals, lesbians”. The shocking phrases are pronounced by Luca Barbareschi during the presentation of a cultural event in Sutri, the town in the province of Viterbo led by the mayor Vittorio Sgarbi, who was also present during the invective of the actor complete with a tricolor band. The words of the former deputy are making the rounds of the web, raising criticism and controversy. “Those of Barbareschi are unacceptable words”, thunders Lazio Pride recalling that “in 2018 the Pride of Ostia, organized by Lazio Pride, was dedicated precisely to the victims of the mafia, in twinning with the Pride of Naples”. “The LGBT community is a victim of organized crime – reads a note -, which exploits and oppresses the conditions of hardship of those who are victims of homophobia. Barbareschi apologize.
Lazio Pride is deployed in the fight against the mafias and we will continue to do so on June 25 and July 9 at the Lazio Pride in Albano Laziale and Viterbo “.” We are deeply disappointed by Barbareschi’s words in Sutri – said Virginia Migliore, president of Peter. Boom Arcigay Viterbo and originally from Palermo -. Mafias and LGBT communities are in antithesis. On 9 July we will be in the square at Viterbo Lazio Pride also against the mafias, as Lazio Pride has been doing for years “. (ANSA).
Source: Ansa
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