“
This is the first time that we are on the front of the stage
”: at the head of the Pride March, Saturday in Lyon, a place is reserved for “
queer racialized
”.
Samuel, 23, in dreadlocks and a pink mini-skirt, is delighted that their ignored struggle has finally come to light.
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“
Black queer lives matter!
“, Says Samuel, referring to the movement born in the United States Black Lives Matter. "
It is also for our community, to show them that we are there
". "
We are at the intersection of several
forms
of discrimination and we are often the forgotten
", abounds Diakleb, a thin young man of 21 years with frizzy hair dyed blond.
The 25th Pride March in Lyon - which brought together 12,000 people on Saturday afternoon according to the prefecture, 30,000 according to the organizers - has set up an unprecedented organization, and criticized, based on processions "
in non-mixed
": the procession "
Queer racisé-es
" at the head, which brought together about twenty people, is followed by the disabled, lesbians, trans, non-binary and intersex.
To close the march, the mixed procession, "
open to everyone
", brought together the vast majority of demonstrators, some of whom wore extravagant outfits and danced to techno music.
In May in Tours, the controversy over the “
non-mixed for LGBT + racialized
” area of the Pride March had forced the organizers to cancel the demonstration.
On the float which carries about fifteen people with disabilities, Nuage, 21, hung a sign "
We exist
" on a wheel of his chair.
"
Single sex is a very good idea to give us visibility and here I feel safe and therefore more comfortable,
" said the young "
trans and disabled
", considering that "
those who criticize are those who need it least
”.
There followed, more in number, the lesbians who gave their voice in particular to demand “
PMA for all
”.
"
PMA, we will not let go
," chant the young women.
No "
will to exclude
"
“
I am racialized and trans.
So, when we are concerned by several parameters, we do not really know where to put and there is a lack of categories such as bi
”, regrets a 21-year-old transgender woman, with long jet-black hair, also deploring that this categorization could have "
Prevent people from coming
".
At his side, Noé, 25, cap screwed on his head, says he understands that "
some (have) need to create these spaces
".
"
But that's not the choice I would have made
."
A protester nicknamed "
Kiki
", riding a stuffed unicorn, wants "to
stay in the mix
".
“
We are in the LGBT +.
It is above all the Pride March;
it remains in the collective approach
, ”judges this 33-year-old marketing executive.
The non-mixing is part of “
a desire to repoliticize the event and allow a part of the community that may feel 'invisible' to give more scope to their issues but without a desire to exclude. Everyone is welcome,
”said Hugo, a spokesperson for the Collectif Fiertés en Lutte (CFL), organizer of the march, to AFP. "
We have re-explained a lot of single sex because it is new in France but it is a militant tool
", continues the person in charge.
On social networks, where this choice has divided, the CFL explained that "single
-sex processions are not necessarily closed spaces in which we force all persons belonging to the minority concerned to surrender
". "
Everyone is free to choose whether 'iel' wishes to walk in mixed or not
", added the collective which however asked the participants to "
respect the processions in non-mixed
". The Pride March brought together 7,500 people in Nantes and 7,000 in Strasbourg on Saturday.
