The Movement of People with Disabilities denounced that they were excluded and discriminated against during the 44th edition of the LGBTTTIQA+ Pride March, which was held on Saturday in Mexico City.
They indicated that they agreed with the organizers that their contingent would be in the fourth position, but they did not respect it and consequently ended up leaving the march between insults, pushes and even that people beat their companions, who put their bodies to protect them and open the way among the people.
“We live in moments of risk and discrimination, due to the lack of empathy and inclusion, the lack of organization and communication on the part of the organizers,” the movement said.
They demanded that those organized in this type of event take specific actions to ensure inclusion with accessible, safe and discrimination-free spaces for people with disabilities.
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They pointed out that they are open to dialogue to work on proposals together, which will improve conditions in the next public events.
Through a statement, the movement detailed that while we waited for the starting flag of the march, more people arrived who were advancing in counterflow, which caused their contingent to be compacted to the point that the interpreters of Mexican Sign Language and the companions had to be their human barrier.
They point out that, between pushing and screaming, we asked that the space be respected, but that the environment became more hostile.
“There were two moments between 13:15 and 13:40 that screams were heard and the pushes were so strong that we could be in the middle of a stampede, when analyzing the situation that became more dangerous, we decided to leave the march without even having started,” they said.
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After the fact, they point out, some decided to continue and others withdrew; they trusted that little by little they will take the spaces that also belong to them within society.
After two years of being affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pride March returned this Saturday to the streets of Mexico City.
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Thousands of people began to gather before 10:00 in the morning around the Angel of Independence, to march on Paseo de la Reforma in defense of the LGBTTTIQA+ population; concluded in the capital’s zócalo.
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