PDyke March rhyme in Italy:
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Rome, April 3, 2025 — Today the Italian Senate he did as stage to a historic moment for the history of the Italian lesbian movement andd international : the presentation of the IV European Lesbian Conference* ororganizedto from ELC – EuroCentralAsian Lesbian Community which will be held in Rome from 23 to the April 26, 2025 and the announcement of the first Dyke March (Lesbian March) Italian organized by over 50 associations, collectiveand subjectivity lesbianhe, transfeminists, queer and allies, scheduled for April 26th on the occasion of the International Lesbian Day of Visibility.
Two expectedvery good events that they testify political resistance of lesbians in Italy and in Europe And representora significant step forward for lesbian visibility and an indictment and denunciation towards the persecutory policies implemented by the Meloni Government against lesbian mothers and LGBTQIA+ families, women through the continued attacks on the right to abortion and oftrans and non-binary people who are denied the right to self-determination.
IV European Conference Lesbian*: why now and why Rome.
The choice of the capital city Rome for this edition of the European Conference Lesbian*, after Vienna (2017), Kiev (2019) and Budapest (2022) is significant. Italy is ato “under special observation” because in the eyes of the world it appears more and more as a political laboratory of the reactionary right And conservative where they are tested devices repressive And discriminatory against minorities sexual, exactly as happened in Hungary and as is happening in Trump's United States. For this very reason, from Rome, the resistance starts of the lesbian community* determined to make its voice heard.
The presentation conference was attended by Also party representatives and from the institutions including Marta Bonafoni (Democratic Party), Alessandra Maiorino (Five Star Movement), Benedetta Scuderi (MEP, Greens), Marilena Grassadonia (Italian Left), Francesca Druetti (Possible) and Riccardo Magi (+Europe).
“We chose Rome for this fourth edition of our Conference because today it is a city at the forefront of the fight for lesbian rights in Europe.”, said Silvia Casalino, Co-Executive Director of EL*C. “"Our visibility is revolutionary. Through the Conference, we will build lesbian networks, advocacy strategies for justice, and transnational solidarity to resist attacks. that we receive and strengthen our collective power. THEThe EL*C Conference will take place in Rome lesbian activists coming from fromll'’Europe and Central Asia, courageous leaders who continue to fight in an increasingly dangerous and unpredictable world, defending women, LGBT peopleQIA+* and civil society as a whole.” said Silvia Casalino, Co-Executive Director of EL*C.
First Dyke March in Italy: let's get back together the strade
Lesbians are taking to the streets for the first time in Italy, thirty years after the first lesbian march organized by Lesbian Avengers in 1993 in Washington with the participation of 20,000 lesbians, to reclaim the power of their loves, their visions, their anger, their history.
“We march as lesbians, in all our identities and intersections, to reclaim space, power, and voice in a country that has made us invisible for too long.” hasyear declared Natascia Maesi and Chiara Piccoli, on behalf of the organizing committee: “This is not just a march, it's a act of collective resistance of a movementlesbian, transfeminist, queer, anti-fascist, anti-racist And for climate justice. Let's raise our voices and take back the streets for claimsking rights civil and social rights for all people”.
The Dyke March will start at 3.30pm on April 26 (International Lesbian Visibility Day) from Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, throughera the center of Rome and it will arrive to Via dei Fori Imperiali.
For information and interview requests contact:
for EL*C Ilaria Todde – [email protected], +32 486107225
For the Organizing Committee: Chiara Piccoli [email protected]. +39 340 731 7873, Natascia Maesi – [email protected] +39 335 197 9414 or Vincenzo Brana [email protected] + 39 338 135 0946
