The 13th National Congress concludes in Perugia. A standing ovation greets Binetti's arrival in the UDC. Paolo Patanè is elected as the new president.
The 13th National Congress of Arcigay, the largest Italian lesbian and gay association with more than 180,000 members for 25 years, concluded on February 14, 2010 in Perugia.
The approximately 200 delegates strongly reiterated in the approved programmatic motion and in several political documents the urgency of seeing the rights of Italian lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people recognized. equal rights for all citizens. In particular, the demand for access to marriage for same-sex couples was reaffirmed, including through the planning of initiatives and campaigns in the coming months.
At the beginning of the day's proceedings, the congress welcomed the Paola Binetti, against whom the association is suing for homophobic remarks, has joined her rightful party, the UDC. responsible for the shameful vote in Parliament in October that promoted the prejudice against different sexual orientations, comparing them to bestiality, incest and paedophilia.
The new governing bodies have been elected. The Sicilian Paolo Patanè replaced Aurelio Mancuso as national president, while the Brescian Luca Trentini takes over from Riccardo Gottardi as national secretary. Patanè, first signatory of the approved motion, Being Future, has been the coordinator of Arcigay Sicilia for three years and responsible for Health. The congress also elected the new national council, composed of 73 people, representatives of all 46 territorial committees and has reconfirmed Alberto Baliello from Udine as president of the Board of Guarantors
Despite the heated debate between the two opposing motions, the congress unanimously approved a series of motions that commit the association to different priorities: a fundamental commitment to the policies of HIV prevention, the construction of new training and relationship tools for the socialization of LGBT people, the networking of good practices for the development of provincial committees and clubs, the continuation of the fight against the development of unscientific reparative theories, who, with the collusion of the ecclesiastical hierarchies, would like to bring LGBT people back into invisibility and suffering.
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– Greetings and speeches from guests