This year of the Stonewall rebellion marks the 50th anniversary of. Time. Homo – and transsexuals had put up a fight in June 1969 in New York violently against vexatious police checks. After the street battles around the Bar Stonewall Inn on Christopher Street, there were demonstrations all over the world. For 25 years, this event is commemorated with the Zurich Pride Festival. This year the Demonstration for equal rights for people of all sexual orientations on the 15. June.
the occasion to take a large majority of the municipal Council as the occasion to put in this summer, a sign for the lesbian, gay, bi – and transsexual (LGBT) people. How the characters could look like, check the city Council, a yesterday, transfered postulate of Alan David sang INES and Simone Brander (both SP) calls: about rainbow-colored crosswalks, special Traffic lights or in rainbow colors wrapped town house.
tongue-in-cheek tributes to the homosexuals there are in all over the world. Video:Tamedia/AFP/Youtube
Lesbian light women in various cities
The idea is not new. So there is in Cologne, Paris or London and corresponding to a Zebra stripe. Gay light male, or lesbian traffic-light women there are in Vienna for 2015. They were installed on the occasion of the Eurovision Song Contest and for the cosmopolitanism of the city.
The light male – Light female – from Vienna, Austria. Photo: Keystone
The Postulants have even managed to inspire a part of the Bourgeois for your idea. Thus, the FDP was, it required but a weakening of the claim: the Traffic signals should be adjusted only during and along the Zurich Pride. At best, it would be possible to perpetuate a rainbow-coloured pedestrian crossing in a traffic restricted area.
SVP beats rainbow-colored town house
The idea is to shroud the town house in colors, on yesterday brought a surprisingly open-minded Roger Bartholdi (SVP) in the debate. Him, the in the postulate proposed sign for the LGBT Demo anniversaries went far enough. Zurich must be more creative than just ideas from other cities abzukupfern.
“such A Copy, the occasion is not worthy of it,” said Bartholdi. Although the proposal to shroud the town house in rainbow colors, has been included in the postulate of the text, the SVP against it. She was, however, that the road traffic signalisation is changed – even if it is only for a day. (Tages-Anzeiger)
Created: 28.03.2019, 13:51 PM
