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The mayor, Ana Belén Castejón, has dictated a municipal party in which she invites people from Cartagena to wear LGTBI flags or emblems on their balconies or facades because Sunday June 28 marks the LGTBI + Pride Day.This year, due to the health crisis caused by COVID-19, it will not be possible to celebrate this day as in previous years.

For this reason, the first mayor has encouraged citizens to commemorate it "as an expression of the defense of the constitutional and universal values ??they represent."On this side, Ana Belén Castejón explains the need to "raise our voices and continue to mobilize for a society with less hatred - that eradicates violence - and with more love - that respects the various forms of loving in freedom."Along these same lines, Castejón adds that "LGTBI + Pride is one of the clearest manifestations that everything achieved can be celebrated and what remains to be achieved can be claimed."LGBTI + flags hoisted on the facade of the Town HallIn addition, the councilor of the Equality area, David Martínez Noguera, the coordinator of the Department of Equality, María José Mercader and the technique of ethnic and sexual diversity, Carmen Fernández, attended this morning the raising of LGTBI + flags on the facade of the Palace Consistorial.“It is true that we have come a long way in recent years regarding the improvement of LGTBI + rights in Spain, but much remains to be done.

Unfortunately, hatred and violence are still present and too many people suffer harassment and discrimination for reasons of sexual orientation or gender identity, "the mayor of Equality has transmitted.Martínez Noguera also recalled that "it is necessary to commemorate this day and carry out actions such as the raising of flags that demand LGTBI + freedoms."

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena