Braga: Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people marched through visibility
Braga
- 14/07/2013
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Marlene Cerqueira
, equal rights “- was with the intonation of these slogans which started yesterday afternoon, near the Arco da Porta Nova, 1. ª Marcha LGBT Rights by Braga. The streets of that which is considered one of the most conservative cities in the country, about two hundreds of gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people marched to the Square of the Republic in order to give visibility to the LGBT movement, helping to change minds and fight prejudice.
“Our main aim is to give visibility to the LGBT community in Braga”, began by explaining Paula Antunes, the organizing committee, the ‘Correio do Minho’.
this region of the country still there is “some phobia”, hence the importance of this march in Braga stressed. “This march was wanted for a long time and is very symbolic for being Braga, a city where LGBT still has poor visibility. That’s what we want to change. Let’s go outside and show that there are LGBT people in Braga, “said Paula Antunes.
In addition to providing visibility to the LGBT community, this march was also underlying political motives and ended with reading a manifesto by the fountain of Arcade.
The document in question includes a set of claims, including the development of national legislation in relation to LGBT issues, the eradication of physical, psychological and sexual violence against these groups on grounds of their sexual orientation or gender identity, combating bullying juvenile , granting the right to adopt children, equal participation in the labor market and the effective inclusion of sex education in school curricula.
Natural Braga, Bruno Ferreira was one of the people who joined this march yesterday. “It’s my first gear and still good because it was here, in Braga, who was born,” he told ‘CM’, adding that he hoped to repeat this initiative to help change mentalities Braga.
” I hope that this initiative will provide for dialogue to begin to touch this issue and fight the fear of the unknown, “he said, revealing that Braga has already been making some progress” in younger, mainly because there is more openness to deal with these issues of sexuality. There is indeed a change of mind, but there is still a very long way to go. hence the importance of initiatives such as this march, “he said.From Porto to participate in this march came the young Agnes. “I am here in order to show that we are not a minority, we are many and we are here to fight for our rights. Do not want to hide who we are, we want to fight, “he said, revealing that this is the first march that participates in our country. “I’ve been in other marches abroad and there the concept is different. There is a big party where people, whether heterosexual or homosexual participate and have fun. Here the question focuses more on giving visibility to LGBT people, “he said.
From Guimarães came Helena Costa, lesbian, as stated in the poster holding his chest. “In Guimarães there are still many prejudices, similarly to what happens in Braga. There is no obvious discrimination in the street, but there is always an accusing look and mouths on the sly. People do not feel safe to take for fear of reprisals, “he said.
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