On stage with Luxuria, a spokesperson, and stories of LGBT youth and same-sex families. Numerous attendees from the worlds of entertainment, politics, and civil society.
Bologna, December 6, 2013 – Attendance continues to pour in for the "Love is Right" demonstration, called by LGBT organizations (Arcigay, Arcilesbica, Agedo, Famiglie Arcobaleno, MIT, Associazione Radicale Certi Diritti, Equality Italia) for tomorrow at 3:00 PM in Piazza Santi Apostoli in Rome. CGIL, Arci, UDI, and Legambiente, among others, have expressed their support for the initiative. Support from the entertainment world includes Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Ottavia Piccolo, Carlo Giuseppe Gabardini, and Monica Lanfranco. Among the politicians who have joined are Alessandro Zan (SEL), Pia Locatelli (PSI), Anna Paola Concia (PD), Sergio Lo Giudice (PD), Giuseppe Civati (PD), and the national secretariat of SEL. Vladimir Luxuria will host the event, and actress Claudia Gerini will speak, representing the group of artists (Claudia Gerini, Valeria Solarino, Giulia Michelini, Anna Falchi, Chiara Caselli, Marco Cocci, Giorgio Marchesi, Alessandro Tiberi, Fabrizio Falco, Filippo Nigro, Alessandro Roja, Michele Venitucci, Andrea Napoleoni, Marco Simon Puccioni) who contributed to the video launching the event. In addition to spokespeople for the associations, several gay, lesbian, and transgender people will also take the stage to share their stories: Simo, a FtM transsexual who recounted his four-year transition in a film; and Giorgio Barillà, a 15-year-old from Turin whose testimony was published by Studenti.it. Also speaking will be Federica and Cecilia, who are raising a daughter and two children together; and Benedetta Emmer, a lesbian, whose story began six years ago with the birth of her daughter; We will also hear the story of Tommaso Mascolo, a Gay Center volunteer who works as a GayHelpLine operator and in anti-homophobia projects in Roman schools; and Carlo Terriaca, the father of a gay boy. A video message from Roberto Vecchioni will also be shown.
