The commemoration of LGTBIQ+ Pride It is the last milestone that remains for Irene Montero as Minister of Equality. And with that flavor of farewell and at the end of the stage, she celebrated this Tuesday the delivery of the rainbow awards awarded by his department to prominent figures in the defense of the rights and freedoms of the collective. Montero, whose future is uncertain after being removed from Sumar’s electoral lists, took advantage of the stage to enter the pre-campaign of 23-J with a call to “stop the reactionaries’ feet”, alluding to PP and Vox, to be able to «continue advancing in rights» LGTBIQ+ and «to protect democracy and the lives of all, all and all». “This is a time for a lot of Pride and a lot of trans rage,” she said.
The rainbow party in the Royal Botanical Garden de Madrid symbolized the contrast left as a legacy by the figure of Montero at the head of the Ministry of Equality. On the one hand, abandoned by a large majority of the Government -which is to blame for the strong wear it suffers due to its reaction to the reduction in sentences of the law of the only yes is yes- and, on the other hand, supported with admiration by numerous activists of the LGTBIQ+ collective and, very singularly, of the trans.
No socialist member of the Executive attended the awards ceremony. Neither did anyone prominent from Sumar who did not belong to Podemos. Only the highest house leaders were, like the Minister of Social Rights, Ione Herband the Secretary of State for the 2030 Agenda, Lilith Verstrynge. That is, numbers one and three of the game. Last year there was the second vice president, Yolanda Diazand the Socialist Minister of Science, Diana Morant. Two years before he was the Minister of Consumption, Alberto Garzonthe one who made an appearance.
The certainty that Montero’s fall from the Sumar lists also implies that under no circumstances will she repeat as Minister of Equality, regardless of the result, caused her to be honored by her own and recognized with words of affection on the spot. However, a large majority of the winners had collaborated with Equality during this legislature.
She left this message in this regard: «Think about these years, there are times when speaking has an enormous cost, but only thanks to speaking we have been able to move forward. Silence would have been even worse, we would not have stopped hatred and we would not have advanced rights either.