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Same-sex selfie kiss kickstarts Matteo Salvini photobomb protest
Source: The Guardian
Same-sex selfie kiss kickstarts Matteo Salvini photobomb protest
Far-right Italian deputy is hounded by photobombers after image goes viral
Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo
Sat 11 May 2019 13.18 BST First published on Sat 11 May 2019 13.11 BST
When two Sicilian women shared a kiss on 26 April, they kickstarted a “selfie-guerrilla’’ photobomb protest against Italy’s far-right deputy prime minister, Matteo Salvini.
Matilde Rizzo and Gaia Parisi, both 19, approached Salvini, the leader of the League, for a selfie after a rally in Caltanissetta, Sicily. While Salvini was preparing to smile for the photo, the trap was set by the two young women who kissed in front of the camera.
“We were going to Caltanissetta to protest against Salvini and his dangerous anti-abortion and sovereign propaganda,” said Rizzo, a chemical engineering student in Turin. “At the end of the meeting, Salvini announced to the audience his willingness to meet his supporters and pose with them for selfies. I looked at Gaia and we didn’t think twice about it.”
The kiss was a protest against Salvini, who had endorsed the anti-LGBT, anti-feminist and anti-abortion World Congress of Families (WCF), held in Verona in March.
Rizzo said: “His presence at an anti-feminist, anti-gay and anti-abortion congress was unacceptable. We could not stand by and watch as Salvini and his supporters tried to drag Italy back into the middle ages.”
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Far-right Italian deputy is hounded by photobombers after image goes viral
Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo
Sat 11 May 2019 13.18 BST First published on Sat 11 May 2019 13.11 BST
When two Sicilian women shared a kiss on 26 April, they kickstarted a “selfie-guerrilla’’ photobomb protest against Italy’s far-right deputy prime minister, Matteo Salvini.
Matilde Rizzo and Gaia Parisi, both 19, approached Salvini, the leader of the League, for a selfie after a rally in Caltanissetta, Sicily. While Salvini was preparing to smile for the photo, the trap was set by the two young women who kissed in front of the camera.
“We were going to Caltanissetta to protest against Salvini and his dangerous anti-abortion and sovereign propaganda,” said Rizzo, a chemical engineering student in Turin. “At the end of the meeting, Salvini announced to the audience his willingness to meet his supporters and pose with them for selfies. I looked at Gaia and we didn’t think twice about it.”
The kiss was a protest against Salvini, who had endorsed the anti-LGBT, anti-feminist and anti-abortion World Congress of Families (WCF), held in Verona in March.
Rizzo said: “His presence at an anti-feminist, anti-gay and anti-abortion congress was unacceptable. We could not stand by and watch as Salvini and his supporters tried to drag Italy back into the middle ages.”
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/11/italy-we-made-ourselves-heard-same-sex-selfie-kiss-kickstarts-salvini-protest
Gaia Parisi and Matilde Rizzo photobomb anti-LGBT minister Matteo Salvini with a kiss at a rally in Caltanissetta in Sicily.
