The uniqueness of This year marked by COVID-19 will also condition the celebration of Pride Day in Gijón. As detailed by Yosune Álvarez, coordinator of XEGA (Asturian Association of Lesbians, Gays, Transsexuals and Bisexuals) in BE Gijón, “it took us a lot to make decisions and postpone the political act and the demonstrations but we didn’t want to miss the June 28 date. We were clear that we could not lose the claim or the public spaces. “
The vindictive acts, which will have their preview on Friday in a virtual meeting with young people organized by XEGA and the Council of Mocedá, will focus on the day on Saturday, one day before the group celebrates it in Oviedo and Avilés.
In Gijón they will be three actions. A bicicletada at twelve in the morning through the streets of Gijón in collaboration with ’30 days on a bike ‘and the feminist collective’8MuyeresenBici‘. In the afternoon a drive by car in which the Drag Queen and activist Londra. And after this motorized ride there will be a concentration in front of Jovellanos Theater, as in other years, where representatives of various groups that work in favor of diversity will form a multicolored flag with t-shirts.
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