By: V4 Agency
The procession followed an unusual route from the outskirts of the capital into the city centre. The organiser said the location was chosen to dispel the misconception that people living in the outskirts have prejudices against homosexuals. However, many were insulted. A young Christian convert was beaten, while other participants received insults for their outfits.
This year’s Pride procession did not go down without atrocities in France. The demonstrators chose an an unusual route for their rally starting from Pantin, in the notorious Seine-Saint-Denis department near Paris, and finishing at the Place de la Republique in the centre of Paris.
According to Matthieu Gatipon, the spokesman of Inter-LGBT, the group in charge of organising the event, the location was chosen to dispel the misconception that people living in the outskirts have prejudices against homosexuals. Apparently, however, the group has not managed to validate its concept, as authorities have registered several atrocities.
Several demonstrators proclaimed their support of Mila, an openly lesbian French teenage girl who has been living in terror for a year and a half after she received death threats for criticising Islam. Many protesters wore “Je suis Mila” (I am Mila) T-shirts as a sign of solidarity. According to a number of eyewitnesses, homosexual Muslims insulted a gay boy who had “Mila” written across on his T-shirt at the event.
One of the aggressors has since deleted his profile from social media, but a screenshot taken earlier shows that he also shared a post against white people on Twitter.
A young girl carrying a sign in support of Mila says she also received numerous insults in less than an hour. She now refers to the event in her posts as the “Shame parade”, instead of Pride parade.
Besides Mila sympathisers, othes also suffered atrocities during the procession. A young Muslim convert to Christianity was attacked by two young people trying to tear the Tunisian flag out of his hands. The incident was caught on video.
Police had to intervene when marching lesbians were attacked by a group of trans- and queer activists.
The parade was also attended by La Verite pour Adama (Truth to Adama), an association founded by the family of Adama Traore, a repeat offender who died in police custody in July 2016 and is therefore referred to by some as the French George Floyd.