(ANSA) – BARI, OCTOBER 30 – “You have stopped the law, you will not stop the fight. Shame”. It is the writing on the banner that opens the demonstration organized in Bari, simultaneously with 43 other squares in Italy, to protest against the stop of the Zan bill. “It is not only the hands of those who hit that are stained with blood but also those of those who applaud” reads another sign, referring to the scenes of exultation inside the Senate hall after having approved by majority the trap against the law .
In Piazza Umberto, in the center of Bari in front of the University, more than 500 took to the square waving rainbow flags, with faces painted on the notes of “Bella Ciao”. “We are here to ask for much more than the Zan bill – says Leoluca Armigero, spokesperson for Pride – we no longer accept compromises and we do not want to be a bargaining chip for politics. Let’s go back to the streets a week after Pride to remind ourselves first of all that we should probably have less faith in these institutions which are obviously far behind “.
They speak of “institutionalized homobilesbotransofbia”, of “state homophobia” and say they are ready to continue the struggle.
“They will not divide us – says Asia Iurlo, also spokesman for Bari Pride – we start again from the streets, from the universities, from the schools. We are disappointed by what happened in the Senate, especially by the scenes of exultation and we want to break with stadium, because behind that law there are lives and faces. There is no freedom to discriminate. Only today – he added – CasaPound has lowered a banner on a bridge in Bari with the words ‘By by ddl Zan’ “. “But – he reiterated – they will not stop us”. (HANDLE).
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