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| photo by:dicasdiarias.com |
First Gay Parade was
organized in Sao Paulo in 1997 and got together around 2000 participants; this
year according Police report approximately 4 mil. people visited this event!
Parade started on 10th of June at 13:20 pm at
MASP (Museum of art) after national anthem and speeches of senator Marta Suplicy and organizer of
event Fernando Quaresma.
As Fernando Quaresma
said, politicians need to see GLS people first of all as citizens not as
consumers, and this is the main idea of Parade 2012. A lot of attention on this
Gay Parade was paid on legislation; movement is fighting for making of homophobia a crime, equal rights in marriage and didactic
materials for teachers in schools to prevent bulling and homophobia.
Participants have all
chances to achieve these goals, considering all previous victories: recognition
of stable union, homosexual couple can share a health plan, pension in case of
death of one of partners.
Generally organizer
group was satisfied with results. As F. Quarezma told to Folha de Sao Paulo: “ This social movement grew a lot. We achieved different victories. Sao Paulo event is now considered the biggest in the world
and the city – one the best gay destinations”.
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| photo by: Joel Silva / Folhapress |
