Rome protest against homophobia

Late Tuesday one person was injured when two huge firecrackers exploded outside a gay bar opposite the Colosseum, also causing some damage. The next day a first protest rally drew 1,000 people including several politicians.
Right-wing Rome Mayor Gianni Alemanno has condemned anti-gay attacks, saying: "Unfortunately in a city of 2.8 million people, there are minorities and groups of scoundrels that must be identified and isolated".
Arcigay, in a statement released on Monday, condemned the number of anti-gay and lesbian attacks in Italy citing the cases of a couple that was beaten up by some 30 assailants five days earlier in central Naples and of a shop owner in the southern Apulia region who insulted and threatened gay clients.
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