This June 28, the International LGBTIQ+ Pride Daywhich is why marches, cultural and educational activities will be held in the City of Buenos Aires to commemorate this emblematic date.
One of the events that will be carried out within the framework of the International LGBTIQ+ Pride Day It will be led by the TTNB collective, which called for a large march at 6:00 p.m. in the Plaza de Mayo to “make visible the deaths of transvestites.”
This given that, within the framework of the International LGBTIQ+ Pride Dayalso seeks to make visible, denounce, educate and raise awareness about the different problems that this community still faces, for which they also intend to establish different legal mechanisms for the protection of their rights.
This is the seventh march carried out by the group to demand, among other things, the incorporation of the figure of “travesticide, transfemicide and transhomicide” to the Penal Code.
In addition to this great mobilization, the Ministry of Culture and the Undersecretariat for Human Rights and Cultural Pluralism scheduled a special agenda, aimed at making diversity visible and promoting the rights of the LBGTIQ+ collective.
In this regard, Pamela Malewicz, Undersecretary for Human Rights and Cultural Pluralism, said: “Each new anniversary is also an opportunity to reaffirm our commitment to building a respectful and inclusive city.”
Within the programming there will be audiovisual projections, talks and artistic and cultural samples; In addition, throughout the day, the Obelisk will be illuminated with the colors of the LGBTIQ+ flag.
Why is International LGBTIQ+ Pride Day celebrated?
Is date has its origin in a bar in New York called “Stonewall”, in which 53 years ago, members of the LGBTTIQ+ community confronted the police tired of their continuous harassment and the violence of which they were victims.
A year later, the first Pride Parade was held in New York. Since then, this protest message has been replicated throughout the world year after year. In Argentina, the first Pride march was held for the first time on June 28, 1992 and brought together more than 200 people.
