LGBT
Related: About this forumItalian lawmakers hold same-sex ‘kiss-in’ to protest anti-LGBT discrimination
A group of Italian lawmakers interrupted a parliamentary debate on Friday to engage in a same-sex kissing demonstration in support of expanding the countrys anti-discrimination law to include the LGBT community.
According to The Local, the new measure, which expands a 1993 law to ban crimes motivated by homophobia or transphobia, passed in the Chamber of Deputies in a 354-79 vote, but is not expected to make it through the Senate of the Republic, generally considered the parliaments upper house.
But dozens of members of the M5S party short for MoVimento 5 Stelle, or Five Star MoVement cut discussion short on Friday when they stood up and began kissing each other, while others held up signs calling for more rights for LGBT Italians. Some ministers also defended the protest online, with Federica Daga posting a picture of the protest on Twitter and writing, Equal rights and dignity without gender. Because a kiss and a hug are not scary.
Watch the M5Ss demonstration in support of LGBT rights, posted on the party YouTube channel on Friday, below.
------------------
Imagine Congress doing that!!
Great visual statement. Kudos.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)HillWilliam
(3,310 posts)Only because they're not into kissing horse's asses, either.
Amimnoch
(4,558 posts)Not often am I found to be at a loss for words (something my husband will greatly attest to). This left me speechless for some time. Incredible and wonderful.