A protester participating in the Antifascist Pride March sparked a strong controversy during a live interview with C5N. Visibly uncomfortable, the reporter abruptly ended the conversation with a terse "Oh, well," while the woman held up a sign with a controversial message: "Videla didn’t go far enough."
The Antifascist LGBTIQ+ Assembly issued a statement expressing support for the march that was taking place peacefully from the Congress to Plaza de Mayo, where participants shouted slogans against President Javier Milei. The protester referred to the recent murder of a delivery driver and expressed her concern about the violence in the country.
During the interview, the woman made a statement that generated outrage on social media, comparing the current president to the dictator Jorge Rafael Videla. Despite the indignation caused, the protester insisted that it was important to express her opinion in a democratic context.
The LGBTIQ+ Pride March was part of a massive mobilization in Buenos Aires and other cities in Argentina, aimed at defending the rights of the community and rejecting discriminatory rhetoric and policies. The protest took place following Milei's statements at the Davos Forum, where he had linked homosexuality to pedophilia and criticized feminism.
Amid the tension and shock caused by the protester's words in the interview, the LGBTIQ+ community reaffirmed its unity and its struggle for inclusion and equality. The mobilization coincided with the presentation of an official project to promote the elimination of femicide, the implementation of non-binary identity, and the creation of job quotas for trans people.
