Caracas, Jul 7 (EFE).- Thousands of Venezuelans marched through the streets of Caracas on Sunday, accompanied by the rainbow flag and banners, demanding equal rights and an end to discrimination once morest people in the LGBT community.
The rally, which did not stop despite the drizzle that fell on the city, brought together members of the LGTBI collective, members of NGOs that promote human rights, diplomats and young people who walked through some streets of the Venezuelan capital.
In addition, they had several signs demanding the right to equal marriage, the ability to show affection in public without being discriminated once morest, respect for human rights, as well as diversity.
“We want to fight for equal marriage in Venezuela, we want to fight for me to be with my partner, all of a sudden, in a shopping centre, eating ice cream and we can hold hands,” Luis Miguel Urdaneta told EFE, who travelled from the state of Zulia (west, bordering Colombia) to take part in the march.
She also hopes that Venezuelan society will change and that “someone will not be discriminated once morest because they love someone of the same gender.”
Human rights activist Richelle Briceño explained that this march has been organized in Venezuela for 24 years, “and it is very important to know that the LGBT population is growing.”
“What motivates the LGBT population is the hope that at some point they will be certain that their rights will be achieved in the laws and public policies of this country,” he told EFE.
The lawyer indicated that the LGTBI community in the Caribbean nation is demanding rights, respect and is celebrating “proudly living, being, feeling, existing and being part of this society.”
The Venezuelan Observatory of LGBTIQ+ Violence reported last May, in the presentation of its annual report, that at least four trans women were murdered in the country in 2023, while it recorded 461 attacks, most of them due to “discriminatory speech.”
According to the organization, 138 murders of trans people have been documented in the last 16 years and “there is no public information” regarding the judicial processes of these cases, while “reparation measures for these fatal events are non-existent.”
In Venezuela, homosexuals are not allowed to donate blood, trans people are forced to legally identify themselves with a name that does not represent them, and same-sex couples do not have the right to marry, among other prohibitions that motivate the struggles of this population.
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2024-07-10 06:13:35
