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NOW MURCIA proposes that the rainbow flag is placed on the balcony of the City of Murcia on 17 May on the occasion of the International Day Against Homophobia, the Biphobia and Transphobia, and June 28, International Day Pride LGTBI to support the celebration of these two anniversaries.

Councillor and spokesman of the municipal formation, Alicia Morales, explained that the proposal was sent to the mayor arises from the petition that the LBT 'Ni Pears Ni Apples' group has sent now Murcia for the City Council two initiatives to join .

The International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia the Biphobia and is celebrated to commemorate the removal of homosexuality from the list of mental illnesses by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 17 May 1990. Its main objective it is to coordinate all kinds of actions that serve to denounce the discrimination they are subjected gay, lesbian, bisexual, intersex and transgender people, and to advance their rights worldwide.

Meanwhile, the International Pride Day is celebrated LGTBI urging for tolerance and equality of those same groups, on a date that commemorates the Stonewall riots (USA) 1969, marking the beginning of the liberation movement homosexual.

Morales said that this initiative "consider it of interest to our town, because it shows values ​​to be transmitted from a democratic, plural and committed institution, as we understand it must be our municipal corporation".

Source: Ahora Murcia