Catania Pride 2022, the 2 July, the demonstration for LGBTQ + rights returns

And the 2 July the date of Catania Pride 2022. For months, the Organizing Committee has been preparing the expected event that, this year, will see the presence of a godmother, a vip guest, whose identity has not yet been revealed. Even the details on the political theme and the route of the march have not yet been disclosed. On the same day the pride will also be held in Bari, Napoli, Milan and Sassari. From June, Pride month, until September they will be 43 the cities in Italy where the processions will take place.

JUNE MONTH OF PRIDE

The so-called Stonewall riots of the 1969, in New York, gave impetus to the LGBTQ+ movement in the United States and around the world. In the night between 28 and the 29 In June the police raided one of the most famous gay clubs in the Big Apple, lo Stonewall Inn, nel Greenwich Village. During the raid several gays were beaten, as often happened. This time, however, the crowd reacted, giving rise to clashes that lasted for a few days. The episode marked the beginning of the gay protest movement that led to it, the following month, to the birth of the Gay Liberation Front in the USA. In the same year, similar initiatives were registered in other Western countries.

GAY PRIDE

Pride, which today is celebrated in many countries around the world, it is a moment in which the pride of gay people is celebrated, bisexuals, transsexuals, asexual, intersexual and queer and the lgbtq+ community. A day to claim the recognition of civil rights for all and to protest against all forms of discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

THE CALENDAR

4 among the most important sector events in Italy: Bergamo, Cremona, Wedge, Monza, Pavia, Torre Annunziata.

11 among the most important sector events in Italy: Bergamo, Genova, Roma.

12 among the most important sector events in Italy: Novara.

18 among the most important sector events in Italy: Lecco, Parma, Pesaro, Torino, Varese, Livorno.

25 among the most important sector events in Italy: Albano, Aversa, Bologna, Spice, Perugia, Ragusa, Teramo.

26 among the most important sector events in Italy: Alcamo.

2 July: Bari, Catania, Napoli, Milano, Sassari.

9 July: Brescia, As, Viterbo, Palermo.

16 July: Asti, Lecce, Etna Comics, Verona.

23 July: Alexandria, Messina.

30 July: Mercogliano Irpinia, Reggio Calabria, Rimini.

24 September: Aosta.

Gives Villa Maria you can easily reach Catania by car and by train (the railway station is just a few meters away) in about 20 minutes.