Syracuse Pride 2027

Syracuse has its own Pride. Siracusa Pride is run by a committee of local groups that includes Arcigay Siracusa; Stonewall Siracusa took part for several editions. The march is held in summer, usually in July. One earlier edition set off from Piazza San Marziano, went along Corso Gelone and ended at the Parco del Foro Siracusano, where the member groups gave speeches before a closing party with a DJ. That year two co-founders of Arcigay, Massimo Milani and Gino Campanella, were the guests of honour. In another year the role of godmother went to Vladimir Luxuria.

One edition caused an open split. The committee named the showgirl Heather Parisi as godmother, and because of her earlier comments about trans women, Stonewall and the parents' association Agedo left the committee and stayed away from the march. The parade went ahead without them.

Arcigay Siracusa is the local branch of the national association and has been active for decades. Its volunteers visit schools together with a psychologist to talk about homophobia, and on World AIDS Day they run events with the Italian Red Cross and Anlaids.

The nearest large Pride is in Catania, about 60 kilometres north. There the march runs in late June from Piazza Borgo to Piazza Università.

In Italy, same-sex couples can register a civil union (unione civile), but marriage is not open to them. Joint adoption is not allowed, and stepchild adoption is only possible through the courts. There is no national hate-crime law covering sexual orientation or gender identity, although discrimination at work is banned. Legal gender change is permitted and does not require sterilisation.