Properties confiscated from the
mafia are to be assigned to the gay rights association Arcigay
for the first time ever, it emerged on Thursday.
Two properties in the Sicilian port city of Messina will be
entrusted to the local chapter of the organisation Makwan for
the creation of a social 'emergency first aid' centre and a
reception centre for LGBT people in difficulty.
"It is the first time that assets seized from the mafia
have been assigned to Arcigay," said national secretary Gabriele
Piazzoni.
"The news testifies to an important cultural process that
has been changing the face of Sicily for several years:
redemption from the stereotypes and prejudice of which this land
is a victim," he continued.
"It has been the driving force of a genteel social and
cultural revolution, enacted by many people throughout the
island," Piazzoni said.
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