Nearly 700,000 people dye Madrid with the colors of the rainbow: "Despite Ayuso and Almeida we are here"

An explosion of color flooded the streets of Madrid yesterday.

, after two years of restrictions due to the pandemic, and thousands of people from Madrid wanted to be present, despite the heat, at a party

Headed by a banner that read this year's motto, "In the face of hate: Visibility, Pride and Resilience", the demonstration on foot, made up of hundreds of LGTBIQ+ activists, began to walk, around 7:00 p.m., demanding a "

".

One of them was Carla Antonelli, who was the first trans woman deputy in Spain (PSOE), who did not hesitate to charge against two of the most notorious names, for their absence, yesterday: "Here we are one more year.

Despite the two pandemics, Covid and transphobia. We resist and win. And whoever does not respect a rainbow and diversified city has a big problem".

leaders

, who "missed President Ayuso and Mayor Almeida. There is

and all this vindication."

Nearly 700,000 attendees

Along with García was Íñigo Errejón, leader of Más País, who wanted to emphasize that today "there are still people who

."

And he finished: "Until there are no more Spaniards who suffer violence or ridicule, Pride will continue to be needed."

Nearly 100 entities and more than 1,000 volunteers participated in the parade, which featured nearly 40 floats from different groups, parties and companies.

In total, according to the Government Delegation,

, a figure that increases to a million and a half people according to the organizers.

Aerial view of the Pride 2022 party. OSCAR DEL POZOAFP

During the tour, from Atocha to Colón, more political faces were seen, such as Begoña Villacís (Cs), deputy mayor of the capital, who attended on behalf of the Consistory.

"It is the first time that Pride is organized from the Vice Mayor's Office, it has had its subsidy, its planning...

," Villacís indicated, adding: "Today there are those who have reasons to be upset , both people who are very far to the right and people who are to the left. We are sorry,

, it belongs to the people of Madrid and belongs to the world".

To the absences of the

group was added that of the Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, although he did want to congratulate Pride through his Twitter account.

"Our diversity is our greatest pride. Let's claim it; let's

, the right to be who we want to be," wrote the socialist leader.

Fight against hate crimes

His Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, did attend, who wanted "the victims, or possible victims, to have confidence in the institutions."

"Many times, the lack of reporting,

, is due to stigmatization, because the problem they have had to face is not going to be understood... But we are already in these four years with the

, with more than 80 measures that we have planned for 2022-2024", pointed out the head of the Interior.

Grande-Marlaska, yesterday, holding a banner during the Pride party. EFE

Social entities were also present at the march, such as the Spanish Committee of Representatives of Persons with Disabilities (CERMI) that wore the slogan "Human diversity, sexual diversity" or the Spanish Committee for Refugee Assistance (CEAR), who walked under the slogan "

LGTBIQ+ Refugees".

There were also members of Podemos, such as Isa Serra or one of its most visible faces, Irene Montero.

The Minister for Equality stressed that "there are still people of the same sex who cannot shake hands with their partner or who do not rent a flat or give them a job because they are trans."

And he concluded, advancing a

: "I am convinced that the Trans Law will be approved before the end of the year. With it, trans people will be recognized

."

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