The island is preparing for Sardinia Pride , scheduled in Cagliari on 29 June . But to anticipate the day there will be " Queresima ", over a month of events for LGBT rights. The calendar begins, like every year, on May 17th, the day against homo-lesbian-bi-trans-intersex-aphobia and will continue on May 18th with the torchlight procession in Quartu Sant'Elena. The first appointment in the long series is scheduled online for Friday 17th, at 4pm, entitled "What's language's got to do with it": an information/training seminar on gender and inclusive language organized by FP CGIL Comparto Regione Sardegna. The last one, before Pride, will be Tuesday 25 June at 6pm, at Rainbow City in Cagliari.
Queeresima 2024 is coordinated by the Cagliari-based association Arc Onlus, with the patronage of the Municipality of Elmas and the support of those of Assemini, Burcei, Quartu Sant'Elena and Vallermosa. The initiative involves dozens of associations, clubs, bodies, cultural entities and individuals, who organize more than 30 events around the theme "Humans. Practices against dehumanization".
«One of the most powerful forms of depreciation and ostracism is the so-called dehumanization, which has been implemented many times and has been the basis for processes of marginalization, stigmatization, confinement, armed conflicts, ethnic cleansing, up to actual exterminations and genocides - explains Carlo Cotza, spokesperson for Arc -. This year Queeresima proposes to reflect precisely on this very current theme and on the practices that every person, every association, organization and cultural and political reality can implement, calling civil society to action, to limit the effects of dehumanization processes".
(Unioneonline/vf)