It is the last gay parade of the year after the one in Montpellier last Saturday, but it promises to be a record-breaking one:
If last year, 8,000 people were counted in the procession, this time, the organizers of AGLAE (Gay and Lesbian Azuréenne Expression Association) and its historical president Louis, accompanied by the super-active general secretary Jean Marie Pottier, expect between 10,000 and 12,000 with a significant percentage of participants coming from outside the Nice region.
Everyone will be there to display their “normality” around a slogan that unfolds in four words: Our rights, Our bodies, Our families, Our lives.
And all this during a city march of visibility, but also of conviviality, before the festive side takes place in the evening and then into the night (see program in the box).
If 2013 marked the history of the movement with the major advancement of marriage for all, the following has shown that the fight for equal rights is unfortunately not yet over.
As Louis tells us, “equality is not always real, for many everyday life is a fight, a struggle against rejection, hatred, and sexism. There are still too many episodes of intolerance and violence. For this, we call for a strengthening of collective vigilance in the face of the resurgence of homophobic and transphobic attacks.”
The event is also an opportunity to express collective pride and a sense of belonging, but also to bring back to the center of action, the traditional demands:
- The free, simple, and administratively simplified change of civil status, without expertise and without forced sterilizations for transgender people.
- Full recognition of all families to better protect all children.
- An education, starting in school, on the diversity of romantic relationships, abolishing gender-related and sexist stereotypes.
- Significant actions to prevent the malaise and suicide of LGBT people.
- And the opening of medically assisted procreation to all women.
This afternoon, it will be up to the crowd to say it and say it again, representatives of a population estimated between 5 and 10% of the French and more than 10% of residents in Nice and its region.
