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Pride is not welcome in Venice, says mayor
Pride is not welcome in Venice, says the mayor.
‘There will be no gay pride in my Venice,’ Luigi Brugnaro has said, describing the event as ‘farcical’ and ‘kitsch’.
He is still claiming he is not homophobic, saying he has friends who are gay.
Brugnaro was speaking to the newspaper concerning Elton John, who described the mayor as a ‘bigot’, and his decision to remove same-sex couples from a school booklet that described new families.
‘It’s arrogant that for three years he has not set in Venice,’ the mayor said. ‘His family, two men and children, is unnatural’.
When asked about Pride in Venice, he called it a ‘a joke, the ultimate in kitsch’.
‘Let them go at it in Milan or at home,’ he added.
Gay rights activists say they are determined to hold Pride in Venice next year.
Flavio Romani, from Arcigay, said: ‘We will be back next year and we invite the mayor to march at the head of the parade with us…That way he will see what a Gay Pride really is.’
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Joe Morgan
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