President Alberto Fernández today reiterated its “commitment” to “continue building an Argentina with more freedom, more equality and more rights” in the International LGBTIQ + Pride Day.
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In this framework, the President accompanied the message that he published on his social network account Twitter with a photograph in which you can see a LGBTIQ + Pride flag, and highlighted: “Love whoever you want. Be who you want. “
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For his part, the Chief of Staff, Santiago Cafiero, claimed “the fight to extend rights”, and He stated that “pride is a political response” to “transform reality”.
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“We celebrate love and claim the fight to expand rights. Pride is a political response and politics the answer to transform reality,” Cafiero posted on his social networks.
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In tune, the chief of staff called for a “united and diverse Argentina”.
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Meanwhile, the Minister for Women, Gender and Diversity, Elizabeth Gómez Alcorta, I affirm that “The historical struggles of LGBTI + people” are “the engine to continue advancing towards a more just country”.
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“Today we cannot meet on the streets, but we are present. The historical struggles of LGBTI + people and the flags that we held years ago are the engine to continue moving towards a more just country,” Gómez Alcorta published on his social networks.
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In 1978, at the request of the artist Gilbert Baker, the traditional representative flag of the community became popular as a symbol of gay pride in the United States first, and throughout the world later.
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Although it currently has six stripes of colors – red, orange, yellow, green, blue and violet – the original version had eight colors, each with a different meaning: pink for sexuality, red for life, orange for health, yellow for sunlight, green for nature, turquoise for magic and art, blue for serenity and violet for the spirit.
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