More than 10,000 participants walked through the Pink City and 12,000 walked in the streets of Marseille, according to the prefectures of the two cities.
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Tens of thousands of people, including many young people, took part in the heat on Saturday July 2 in the streets of Toulouse (Haute-Garonne) and Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône) in the LGBT+ Pride march.
In Toulouse, before walking through the streets of the center of the Pink City, more than 10,000 participants – according to the prefecture – danced and applauded speakers on the Place du Capitole inviting them to “to enjoy without hindrance” and fight against “shame, ignorance, violence” anti-LGBT+.“It is with the pedals that we move forward” Where “Well done lesbians!”could be read on signs, in the middle of the rainbow flags.
Pride march in Toulouse: proud and numerous! ️ #MarchDesPrides pic.twitter.com/3oWjZujAx4
– Carole Bourdeu (@carole_bourdeu) July 2, 2022
In Marseille, the second city of France, the march also served to claim the right to abortion, questioned in the United States. In the rainbow procession of 12,000 people according to the police headquarters, associations of transsexual people, lesbians, were joined by feminist activists and human rights defenders.