Memorial has long been ignoring the Nazi gay and all Lgbtq+ People who were persecuted throughout the history were presented in Paris on Saturday.
A monument, a massive steel star designed by the French artist Jean-Luke, located in the heart of Paris, in the public gardens, near the Bastille spot. It is aimed at fulfilling the obligation to remember and fight discrimination, said Paris Anne Idalga.
“Historical recognition means to say” it happened “and” we don't want it to happen again, “Idalal said.
Describing a sculpture reminiscent of a large star lying on the ground, a true, visual artist who is also an activist of LGBTQ+, said: “There is a black side in front of us, forcing us to remember.
The other side of the star, silver, reflects the sky. It is “the color of the time that passes when the Paris sky moves as fast as public opinion, which can change at any moment,” Verne said.
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Historians counted from 5,000 to 15,000 people who were deported across Europe by the Nazi regime during World War II as they were gay.
Jacques Chirak in 2005 was the first president in France to recognize these crimes, recognizing that LGBTK+ people were “hunting, arrested and deported”.
Jean-Luc Romer, Deputy Mayor of Paris and long-standing human rights activist LGBTQ+, said: “Unfortunately, we did not know that this monument would be open at one of the worst moments we are experiencing now.”
Referring to US Presidential Administration Policy Donald TrumpRomero said “we never felt such a failure in the US, and what was happening to people.”
Since returning to the White House in January, Trump issued orders to recognize people only to men or women, to store transgender girls and women In the case of sports for women, displacing transgender military troops, they restrict federal financing Gender Confirmation of Transgender Care Under the age of 19 and threaten the financing of scientific institutions for assistance institutions. All efforts are disputed in court.
In Europe, the Hungary Parliament this year has adopted a amendment to the Constitution, which allows the government to ban public events of the LGBTC+ community, the decision that legal scientists and critics have called another step towards authoritarianism by the government government.