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The cy of Madrid on Tuday unveiled close to 300 traffic lights promotg the rights of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people as part of the WorldPri ftival that will take place the Spanish pal later this month.

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MADRID GREEN-LIGHTS TRAFFIC SIGNALS WH WOMEN, GAY COUPL

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A woman tak a photo of a same-sex traffic light on June 5, 2017, stalled Madrid ahead of WorldPri 2017 Madrid, Millan / EPAOther walk/don't walk signs are signed to show upl — some same-sex and some oppose genr — holdg Cy Hall says the signs are important to fosterg genr and gay equaly given their visual cy says paid 22, 000 ros ($25, 000) for replacg 288 lights at 72 street is hostg the 2017 World Pri celebratns June 23-July 2. And March 2016, Valencia troduced female characters on some of the lights regulatg s pestrian I saw the new lights, ma me thk of BerlToni Poveda, Gay Pri ordatorMadrid Mayor Carmena said was important for the cy to regnize s own diversy through lights pictg “children, men, women and upl, stead of dividuals.

AHEAD OF GAY PRI, MADRID TRODUC SAME-SEX TRAFFIC LIGHTS

MADRID, June 7 — Gay-themed traffic lights are gettg Madrid to the mood for the WorldPri ftivi to be held the Spanish pal om June 23 through July 3. 72... * madrid gay traffic lights *

“Through this actn, and partnership wh social groups and parti, we are creatg a symbolic element that nveys a msage of diversy, which is a symbol of our pal, ” she are also plans to troduce crosswalks wh strip pated the lors of the rabow flag, said Jús Generelo, print of the Spanish Feratn of LGTB Collectiv (FELGTB) ciEl PaísIn 2015, Vienna stalled 47 traffic lights pictg gay and straight upl to illtrate the Atrian pal's tolerant attu a year when was anizg the Eurovisn song petn.

Other ci soon followed su: Lz and Salzburg Atria, Munich southern Germany, and even London, which stalled some Trafalgar Square for the June 2016 Gay Pri until last year, cy agenci Madrid – erned by the Popular Party nservativ for 24 nsecutive years – had never flown the rabow flag durg the Gay Pri celebratns, which are takg place Madrid between June 23 and July 2. MADRID (Rters) - The cy of Madrid on Tuday unveiled close to 300 traffic lights promotg the rights of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people as part of the WorldPri ftival that will take place the Spanish pal later this ftival, which tak place every few years a different ternatnal cy, is expected to draw up to three ln people to the streets of Chue, a world-famo gay neighborhood central Madrid, between June 23 and July traffic lights, which have been stalled on pestrian crossgs and will rema place once the ftival is over, show same or different-sex upl holdg hands, eher crossg the street or standg.

It has sce then passed more laws favor of LGBT rights spe recent transphobic mpaigns by far-right untry held s first gay pri event 1977, only two years after the end of the Francis Fran dictatorship when beg gay was a crime.

GAY-THEMED TRAFFIC LIGHTS FOR UPG MADRID WORLDPRI FTIVI (VIDEO)

Wednday, 07 Jun 2017 8:43 AM MYT MADRID, June 7 — Gay-themed traffic lights are gettg Madrid to the mood for the WorldPri ftivi to be held the Spanish pal om June 23 through July 3.

72 traffic lights will be programmed to show male or female gay upl — red for stop and green for go — replacg the ual sgle, genr-ntral figure. — Rters picMaria Antonia, 82, a rint of Madrid's well known gay neighbourhood Chue says: “I am not surprised at all, bee I have lived around this square for so many years that I am totally faiar wh everythg.

” The mpaign is tend to foster genr and gay equaly given their visual impact, and as a legacy of the WorldPri ftivi, which are expected to brg visors om all over the world, acrdg to Madrid Cy Hall's webse.

MADRID GREEN-LIGHTS TRAFFIC SIGNALS WH WOMEN, GAY COUPL

Figur of women or girls, intified by skirts and ponytails, started gog up on Monday at tersectns that prevly featured the faiar figure of a man mid-stri to let pestrians know when to walk/don't walk signs are signed to show upl — some same-sex and some oppose genr — holdg Cy Hall says the signs are important to fosterg genr and gay equaly given their visual cy says paid 22, 000 ros ($ 25, 000 dollars) for replacg 288 lights at 72 street is hostg the 2017 World Pri celebratns June 23-July 2.

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