Lorenza Tizzi
Since Arcilesbica and Arcigay became two independent associations, no woman has been a member of the Arcigay National Council, the Association's highest political management body after the Congress. This is no longer the case: on Sunday, March 23, during the Council meeting, it was decided to co-opt the Vice President of Arcigay La Rocca of Cremona, Lorenza Tizzi, one of the supporters of the rebirth of the Lombardy Circle. A sign that Arcigay is increasingly positioning itself as an association that succeeds in bringing together and involving all homosexual people.
The National Council meeting, which took place as usual in Bologna, also took several decisions: the 2002 final budget and the 2003 budget were approved, the newly formed political-cultural circle of Sondrio, which will be called Omoselvadego, and it has been decided to enter the National Secretariat of Alessandro Zan, President of the Tralaltro Club of Padua.
Zan will be responsible for coordination between political circles and will be responsible for coordinating the UnPACSavanti campaign as well as activating a series of training initiatives for new political circles.
During the Assembly, each member of the Secretariat outlined the Association's programmatic commitments over the next twelve months. Arcigay will play a significant role in continuing the National Campaign for Civil Solidarity Pacts, which began in February, but there are many new initiatives:
– a project will be launched, funded by the Istituto Superiore di Sanità and curated by Luca Pietrantoni, to promote AIDS information and prevention among doctors and healthcare workers;
– will continue its commitment at European level with the Quba and Triangle projects;
– a project will be developed for an anti-discrimination training course for journalists, and the teacher training course already approved by the Ministry will be developed;
– the rights of Italian gay couples united under foreign laws will be brought before the European Commission on Human Rights.
Finally, Arcigay's commitment to organizing BariPride2003 in the coming months, which will focus on discrimination in the workplace, was strongly reaffirmed.