League rep to apologize for transphobic slur or resign - Pd - Politics. The local centre-left majority Democratic Party (Pd) in Milan on Wednesday called for an opposition councilor to "apologize or resign" Samuele Piscina, the provincial secretary of the right-wing League, came under fire after saying that "transsexuals spitinfected blood" "Our city does not deserve to be administered, albeit in the opposition, by someone who even thinks such a thing," said Pd councilor and LGBTQ+ activist Michele Albiani.