The rainbow pedestrian crossing has been installed in a video-protected area in Bordeaux. – E.Provenzano / 20 Minutes
It was repainted in blue-white-red … The rainbow pedestrian crossing of the Cours du Chapeau Rouge in Bordeaux was degraded during the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, announces the city of Bordeaux. The municipality “condemns this act and intends to file a complaint for degradation of the public domain. “
“This act of vandalism is a new attack against LGBTQI + people to whom the city reaffirms its full support, while this malicious operation tries to make them invisible in the public space,” the municipality continues in a statement.
This pedestrian crossing in the colors of the rainbow flag was inaugurated in 2019, in connection with the LGBTQI + associative sector. On the occasion of the World Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, on May 17, a new pedestrian crossing has been set up in the Saint-Augustin district. “In the long term, all eight districts of Bordeaux will have their rainbow pedestrian crossing” adds the city of Bordeaux.