Rome, 11 June 2022 – After two years of silence, Piazza della Repubblica in Rome has once again been colored with the colors of the rainbow. About 900 thousand people according to the organizers, the people who gathered to participate in the Pride of Rome and parade through the streets of the capital united by the words ‘Peace & Love’ to ask for full equality of rights. Head of the procession from piazza della Repubblica, the queue on via dei Fori Imperiali and piazza Venezia. Among the 15 wagons present that of Circolo Mario Mieli, the chariot of the godmother of pride 2022, the singer Elodie, and those of the rainbow families and the LGBT + Jewish community. Also in the square was the president of the Lazio Region Nicola Zingaretti and the mayor of Rome Roberto Gualtieri.
Rome Pride 2022: thousands in the streets for lgbt + rights
Elodie in Fuchsia
Beautiful and wrapped in a fuchsia dress, Elodie call to do from godmother at the 2022 edition of Roma Pride, marched at the head of the procession alongside the mayor of Rome Roberto Gualtieri and the president of the Lazio Region Nicola Zingaretti. The singer held the long banner with the slogan of the event shown above: “Let’s go back to making noise” thus participating in the festival of colors and music to affirm civil rights, as a common heritage and not just for a part.
Gualtieri in the front row
“Being here is a must. Rome must be in the front row for rights and against all discrimination. We are there”. So the mayor of Rome Roberto Gualtieri, today at Pride after 5 years of absence of a mayor at the rainbow parade. As for Ukraine, the mayor says: “Today we must stay close to all the people who are victims not only of this war of aggression by Putin’s Russia but also of the policies of discrimination against LGBT rights and the LGBT community in Russia. Today we must be close to them too “.
Remembering Raffaella Carrà
“Madrid will name a square after Raffaella Carrà. If Madrid does it, why can’t Rome do it too?”. This is the request made by Vladimir Luxuria to the mayor of Rome Roberto Gualtieri arrived at Pride. “What did he answer me? What are they thinking about it”, said Luxuria who then added: “It would be nice to have an answer by June 18, Raffaella Carrà’s birthday”.
Pd at the head of the parade
“Also this year, an immense crowd colors the streets of Rome asking for equality, freedom and rights. I am sure that these rumors will reach inside the buildings, stirring the consciences of those who still believe they can imprison Italy in a past of obscurantism, discrimination, hatred “. This was declared by the senator of the Democratic Party Monica Cirinnà, responsible for the rights of the Democratic Party, at the head of the Gay Pride 2022 procession in the capital, leading the large delegation present composed among others by the Roman parliamentarians Andrea Casu and Matteo Orfini. “There is a young and smiling country – said Cirinnà – that asks to be seen and heard. The Rights Department of the PD will continue in this constant work of listening, building political relations with the LGBT + movement and in particular with the trans community *, even more exposed to discrimination and violence after the shameful sinking of the Zan bill ”