On June 4, 2022, a Pride of the suburbs will take place in Saint-Denis (93) with the aim of fighting against the “accumulation of discriminations”: sexism, racism, Islamophobia, police violence, poor housing conditions… Christine Le Doaré, long-time feminist and LGBT activist, criticises an event that in reality dwarfs the fight against LGBT phobia.
This year, LGBTQIA+ are calling for a gathering on June 4, also in Saint-Denis, to fight against “an increase in discrimination and the enforcement of the right to decent housing”. So what can we expect this year? In a logic of intersectional convergence of struggles, it is difficult to see what falls under the struggle against discrimination and violence based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
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An identitarian demonstration, from the radical left, against capitalism, colonialism, “state racism”, “state Islamophobia”, and in which you can certainly find some LGBT people. A march inspired by American queers who grew up with cultural relativism and multiculturalism. It is surprising that this year Aides and the LGBT Centre Paris IDF are behind the signatories who can be described as left wing Islamic.
A political instrumentalisation of LGBT demands, pandered to by radicalised activists who are increasingly detached from the population groups they are supposed to be defending. The LGBT movement, already versed in cultural relativism, wokism and cancel culture, is defiantly being usurped by an even more radical identitarianism. This is worrying.
Nor is it the place for lesbians on this protest march to question the instrumentalisation of the female body in prostitution or surrogacy, let alone the attacks on feminists by radical trans activists.
In my opinion, this LGBTQIA+ counter-march, instead of fighting for homosexuals and trans people, puts us in even more danger by linking us to an anti-democratic culture of extremes and censorship and surrendering us to Islamists who are sympathetic to political Islam. Marianne