Marco Alessandro Right: “I will be also commissioner of gay families” – The Republic

Turin . In all actions the city, since the last registration form kindergarten for deliberation at the top of the agenda of the city council, the families in Turin will decline in the plural. The City Council will take into account not only the male or female gender, following the example of the “mayor” chose for himself by Chiara hanger, but will do another pass, as evidenced by the first act taken by the new administration: the correction of the term the Councillor the Family, which was changed to “Families”. And assigned to Marco Alessandro Right, until yesterday president of Arcigay Turin.

Councillor, what does this change of declination?
“It’s a change in approach, which marks the transition from the concept of family to the plural of families. it is not just a matter nominalistic, but a political act of giving a name to things, those organizations that already exist and that have no recognition even in the language ” .

and declinerete in all the acts of the administration?
“Yes, all. Like this, then, will result in practice is to assess, and we will evaluate it together, but this is the political direction that we want to impress. “

this will mean that you will introduce, as already happens in other cities, such as Bologna, the words” parent 1 ” and “parent 2″ on school forms or other documents relating to families with children?
“it is a hypothesis that it could be considered, but which was not yet decided. There is no will to do upheavals. Simply we intend to take an approach that leads gradually to give a name to things “

In the hanger program is planned amendments to the Statute of the city, to introduce the formal recognition of the concept of” family omogenitoriale ” . Do not fear the outcry of the people of the “Family day”?
“is planned in the program, and propose together. After all there is nothing natural in the family, as recalled in his latest book sociologist Chiara Saraceno. The important thing is to make a change in approach, beginning to consider including in the public language of thousands of people who so far have not been represented. “

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