Sunday 18 May 2014

The Protest of the Invisible

There are not many days in a year when I'd rather be in Georgia than in London... May 17th, the day against homophobia, (or as the church now calls it, the day for the holiness of families or something like that) is one of those rare days. And the initiative of this year - The protest of the invisible - was quite touchy.. 

More than hundred pair of shoes were set out on one of the squares in Tbilisi and the installation represented those "who are invisible, whose speech cannot be heard, whose existence is not accepted... Today these shoes represent those people who last year on may 17th found courage to stand against the ignorance of LGBT people, to speak up about our common challenges. For those who would wish to be here also today to express their happiness or sadness but neither state nor the society acknowledges their voice and their existence.." 

I happened to be in front of Bukingham Palace when I thought I wanted to join the protest from far away London... And I took off my shoes...


This was a protest for the invisibles and against being invisible and I invisibly joined it... 

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