Arcigay Pianeta Urano welcomes the council's approval of the show, which will be performed by the Milk LGBT Center and GASP! for the International Day Against Homophobia at the Camploy Theater in May.
We believe that respect for homosexual and transgender people is inseparable from the recognition of the human, social, and therefore legal value of their emotional relationships, which, in our view, constitute a "family" in every respect. However, this first step toward civility certainly marks an interesting moment of discontinuity and clarity with respect to some of the even uncivilized and inhumane positions that characterized certain right-wing groups in Verona in the 1990s, and also with respect to some troubling events in recent Italian history.
We hope this first step will help bring the pachydermic pace of party politics, from right to left, into line with the more concrete times of a changing society that experiences, much more often than politics, the daily normality of the presence and recognition of homosexual and transgender people.
We are fully committed to engaging with the city, so much so that we have just asked to include our over 400 books on gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender issues in the Verona bibliographic catalogue. This will allow all citizens access to knowledge and languages that are still too rare for this city. We expect a similar openness from the Municipality, which oversees the management of the Verona bibliographic catalogue.
Michael Breveglieri
President of Arcigay Pianeta Urano Verona
