Arcigay
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| Founded | 1985 |
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| Type | Gay rights |
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Arcigay (Italian: Associazione lesbica e gay italiana) is Italy's first and largest national gay organization.[1][2]
The association was first founded as a local association in Palermo in 1980, then nationally established in Bologna in 1985.[1] The organisation became known throughout Italy for its campaign for civil unions. The President of Arcigay is Flavio Romani,[3] its honorary president, who helped found the organization, is Franco Grillini.
Arcigay has often protested against the Vatican's opposition to homosexuality and LGBT rights.[2]
Organization
Organization is present over most of the country, with 52 local committees in
- Aosta
- Agrigento
- Arezzo
- Bari
- Barletta-Andria-Trani
- Bergamo
- Bologna
- Bolzano-Bozen
- Brescia
- Brindisi
- Carbonia-Iglesias
- Catania
- Chieti
- Cosenza
- Cremona
- Cuneo
- Ferrara
- Florence
- Foggia
- Genova
- Grosseto
- Imperia
- Isernia
- L'Aquila
- Livorno
- Mantova
- Messina
- Milan
- Modena
- Napoli
- Padova
- Palermo
- Pavia
- Perugia
- Pesaro and Urbino
- Pescara
- Piacenza
- Pisa
- Pistoia
- Ravenna
- Reggio Calabria
- Reggio Emilia
- Rimini
- Rome
- Rovigo
- Salerno
- Savona
- Siena
- Syracuse
- Teramo
- Torino
- Trent
- Trieste
- Udine
- Varese
- Verbania
- Vercelli
- Verona
See also
References
- 1 2 Aldrich, Robert; Garry Wotherspoon (2001). Who's who in contemporary gay and lesbian history: from World War II to the present day. Psychology Press. p. 170.
- 1 2 Malagreca, Miguel Andrés (2007). Queer Italy: contexts, antecedents and representation. Peter Lang.
- ↑ "Arcigay in English". Arcigay.it.
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