Modena, 25 May 2024 – The great parade of the Modena Pride which returns 5 years after the first parade under the Ghirlandina and will cross the center of Modena with associated closed roads and changes to traffic. The parade started from Ferrari park.
In the front row together with the mayor Gian Carlo Muzzarelli the councilors Andrea Bosi and Grazia Baracchi, the president of Arcigay of Modena, Angelica Polmonari, the deputy Elisa Fraulini. And again, Giuditta Pini and the PD deputy Alessandro Zan, who promoted and obtained the first Italian registry of de facto couples, also open to homosexual couples, and for being the rapporteur of the draft law against homophobia which was never approved. “Every time a Pride parade passes, emotions of freedom, of joy and also of rights claims – explains the dem –. Rights are never still: either they move forward or they go backwards and unfortunately with this right in power we are going very backwards. The Rainbow Map reports that Italy is in an emergency situationeven under Hungary”.
The route and closed roads
The colorful procession crosses several streets of the historic center. That’s why they were closed to traffic via Emilia west, Largo Moro, Largo Porta Sant’Agostino, Via Emilia center, Via Ganaceto, Corso Cavour, Via Tre February, Piazza Roma, Corso Accademia, Corso Canalgrande, Via Emilia center, Largo Porta Sant’Agostino, Largo Moro, Via Emilia west, Ferrari park.
They are also also expected parking bans until 7pm today on both sides of via Ganaceto, in the stretch from via Emilia centro to corso Cavour, and on the west side of corso Canalgrande, from number 65 to via Emilia centro, as well as in via Emilia Ovest, from 8am to midnight , in the parking area adjacent to the Ferrari Park.
