“Freedom leading the people” Anne Hidalgo version.
On the occasion of Pride Night, an evening organized by the MAG Jeunes LGBT+ collective on March 11 at the Paris City Hall, a transsexual
escort girl
, responding to the pseudonym "
Icy Diamond
", displayed herself under the gilding of the 'Town Hall in provocative poses.
The young woman then published the pictures on her social network accounts, referring to the famous painting by Eugène Delacroix: “
How I managed to transform the Paris City Hall into a giant strip club & brothel. .. Liberty guiding the people amidst the golds of the Republic.
Thanks WHO ?
Thank you @annehidalgo for the invitation to @lanuitdesfiertés.
»
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If the account of the prostitute is, for the time being, suspended, Internet users have relayed messages in which Icy Diamond claims to want to broadcast her sexual antics that she would have filmed in the toilets of the town hall.
Contacted by
Le Figaro
, the prostitute confirmed, explaining "
having solicited a client during the evening
".
"
Under French law, the City of Paris is guilty of pimping
," she asserts confidently.
An accusation relayed on Twitter by Le STRASS, the sex work union, which takes Anne Hidalgo to task, accusing her of having to "
accountable as a pimp since not only do you profit from prostitution with your arrests, but you harbor it on your premises
”.
For the time being, the Paris City Hall has not responded to requests from Le
Figaro
.
But Jean-Luc Romero, deputy mayor, rejected any responsibility for Anne Hidalgo on Twitter: “
Well let’s see.
The mayor would therefore be responsible that at an evening - organized by an association and not the town hall - a person we do not know out of 1000 present did things in the toilets to create a buzz?
Do you now have to put cameras in the toilets?
»
For Master Philippe-Henry Honegger, a criminal lawyer, the accusation is "
delusional
".
“
Pimping is the fact of helping or profiting from acts of prostitution
, explains the lawyer,
but you still have to be aware that you are promoting these acts.
It seems highly improbable that the City of Paris invited this person to allow her to carry out her activity as a prostitute on its premises.
“Especially since “
Night of Pride
”, during which Icy Diamond claims to have “
solicited
”, is organized by the MAG young LGBT+ collective and not by the Paris City Hall, which is content to make its premises available.
"
On the other hand, explains master Philippe-Henry Honegger, French law clearly condemns soliciting, active or passive: this prostitute therefore exposes herself to prosecution.
»
On the event's Facebook page, the organizers explain that this evening is "
dedicated to youth and queer culture
" and aims to "
focus on the needs and challenges of young LGBTQI+ people in France and around the world.
".
Anne Hidalgo regularly displays her support for the LGBT community.
"
Paris City Hall was very proud to host La Nuit des Fiertés last night organized by MAG
Jeunes LGBT for the benefit of the fight against LGBTQI
phobias
", tweeted the day after the ceremony Hélène Bidard, assistant to the Mayor of Paris for gender equality, youth and popular education.
“I am the new Marianne”
The photos sparked a lot of reactions on social media.
“
The town hall transformed into a brothel and the elected representatives of the municipal majority threatened with sextape blackmail…?
Anne Hidalgo, this political genius whom the world envies us
”, tweeted ironically Jean-Sébastien Ferjou, editor-in-chief of the magazine Atlantico.
Icy Diamond is not his first media stunt.
The one who presents herself on her website as a “
22-year-old trans woman
”, “e
scort & Pornstar
” had been invited to the
Touche set not at my post!
last month
.
In a video that had gone viral, the prostitute pushed back a protester who came to touch her chest as she marched topless with opponents of the pension reform.
“
Whores also ask for access and the right to retirement
”, she had argued on the set of Cyril Hanouna.
“
As a trans woman and whore, my body is political and I use it as a tool for activism
“, had explained the young woman, who had qualified as”
new Marianne
“… before showing off her chest on the set, proclaiming loud and clear: “
I am freedom guiding the people!
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