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| With a program of activities that will be semi-presential and broadcast through social networks | The City Council reiterates "the municipal support and backing to give more visibility to this reality, for which we will continue to join forces with the aim of ensuring that respect and equality take precedence over anything else."The councilors for Diversity and Youth of the Lorca City Council, Antonia Pérez and José Ángel Ponce, have presented, this morning, together with the president of the LOR + LGTBIQ collective, Rubén Benítez, the events organized in Lorca on the occasion of the International LGTBIQ Pride Day , which takes place every June 28.The mayor of Diversity has highlighted that "for the first time this municipality will have a program dedicated to this commemoration organized from the consistory together with the LOR + LGTBIQ collective and other entities such as the Lorca Feminista collective, Cazalla Intercultura, Youth Council, Federation of Women's Organizations, Fundación Secretariado Gitano, association Thirteen Roses, Urban Lorca, Socialist Youth of Lorca and Left Youth Unit ".Antonia Pérez has detailed that "in this edition, due to the health alert, most of the activities will be semi-face-to-face and all of them will be broadcast on social networks, with the hashtag #LorcaConOrgullo, such as on Facebook and Instagram in the official profiles of each entity and with the collaboration of El Lorquino Tv.For his part, the Youth Councilor has indicated that "as a starting point the institutional act will take place with the hoisting of the LGTBI flag, in addition to the consistory the reading of a manifesto will also be held, which will emphasize the reality of This community in our municipality, in addition to the needs of LBT women from Lorca, will be next Thursday, June 25 at 8:00 p.m.

in the Town Hall Room with a limited capacity.

"The president of the LOR + LGTBIQ collective, Rubén Benítez, has specified that "under the slogan 'Do you see them ?, and due to the visibility of lesbian, bisexual and transsexual women', a program has been prepared that will begin this Thursday, September 25, June and that will run until July 5, with the LBT Women being the common thread of these activities since this year LOR + LGTBIQ decided that throughout 2020 each intervention should be aimed at giving greater visibility to the feminism of said community ".Benitez has highlighted within the program "activities such as Summer Cinema, Inclusive LGTBIQ + Sport, Facing LGBT Urban Art, Poetry Contest and LBT Women Reality and Responses".In a year in which 15 years of equal marriage are celebrated, Rubén Benítez, president of said entity, has reiterated that "we cannot settle and settle because Lorca needs much more", he also added, despite the progress made during the last This year there are still serious problems regarding the cause ", for which he has asked" to continue raising awareness to achieve a more respectful and egalitarian Society ".In addition, to continue making this reality more visible, the municipal cleaning company, Limusa has donated an advertising space for one of its vehicles for the labeling of this campaign on the occasion of Pride Day with the labeling of one of, specifically the bus which covers daily the line most demanded by users and with the highest circulation, that of Apolonia-hospital.Finally, from the City Council, through the councilors of Diversity and Youth has offered, "as we have been doing from the first moment all our support and backing to give more visibility to this reality, for this we will continue to join forces to ensure that respect and equality take precedence over anything else.

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Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca