Pride 2019 Manifesto

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MANIFESTO ITEMS:
“We want to pay tribute to all who have gone down in the street throughout history. To show them that we are still here with a long road ahead of us to achieve legal and actual equality, and to change mindsets.”
Geneva, 17th May 2019, International Day against LGBTIQ+phobias

 

WE MARCH, ESPECIALLY:

BECAUSE OUR BODIES AND LIVES CANNOT BE CLASSIFIED IN A BINARY WAY

BECAUSE THE LIVES OF TRANS PEOPLE ARE STILL TOO DIFFICULT

BECAUSE INSULTS AND VIOLENCE ARE STILL COMMONPLACE AND SWISS LAW REMAINS SILENT

BECAUSE IN SWITZERLAND, BEING A YOUNG LGBTIQ+ PERSON IS NOT EASY, EVEN IN 2019

BECAUSE GEOGRAPHICAL, GENDER- AND SEXUALITY-BASED BORDERS SHOULD BE OPEN

BECAUSE DISCRIMINATION IN THE WORK-PLACE IS STILL RIFE

BECAUSE UNIONS AND PARENTHOOD NEED TO BE RETHOUGHT

BECAUSE WE FIGHT IN SOLIDARITY

BECAUSE OUR DESIRES ARE STILL CONSIDERED PROVOCATIVE