(ANSA) – BOLOGNA, OCTOBER 30 – Piazza Maggiore in Bologna packed with thousands of people, a protest rally against the sinking of the Zan Bill in the Senate and to ask to go beyond the law. With signs, banners and music in front of the basilica of San Petronio, the demonstrators gathered to make their voices heard, on the day when Mayor Matteo Lepore decided to display a rainbow flag from the town hall, which overlooks the square.
Many associations took the floor from the stage: “On Wednesday the country experienced one of the worst pages in history for LGBTQ rights, for the rights of women and people with disabilities – explains Giuseppe Seminario, president of Cassero – we are angry. L ‘Italy is a country that prides itself on being in the European Union but has done very little on rights “. “Bologna can and must say something – continues Porpora Marcasciano, trans municipal councilor of the Civic Coalition – what Bologna says is a step ahead of what happens in Roman buildings”.
Also present was Franco Grillini, historical leader of the homosexual movement. “This square today is a beautiful square – says Grillini – there are a lot of people, very, very angry about what happened in the Senate. That scene, that scream of satisfaction at the end of the vote in my opinion was truly an insult to millions of citizens who were waiting for a law against hate crimes that exists all over Europe. It is a black episode in the life of our Republic now they are trying to repair it badly “. Grillini added: “They are organizing many demonstrations in Italy like this one in Bologna because there is a general indignation. And there is a demand for responsibility, the political forces are responsible to retrace their steps and do their duty”.
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