Stop the Zan bill: from Antonella Clerici to Emma, ​​there are those who put their face to it

In the twenty-four hours following the sinking of the Ddl Zan in the Senate, the television faces, unlike the senators who pressed to get the vote secreted in Palazzo Madama, they put their face on it. Exposing oneself to a question, rather than a political one, with such strong social implications as this one is never taken for granted: the way that those responsible for communication and press offices prefer is almost always based on prudence, perhaps fearing to lose that part of supporters that could be sensitive to the topic. The day of October 28, however, showed us that not everyone thinks that way. The first to open the dance was Antonella Clerici that, in the first few minutes of It is always noon on Rai1, he listed the various records brought home by Italy this year, except that of the Zan Ddl. «We are at the top. Too bad for civil rights, because we lost an opportunity “, Antonella said in a video that later went viral on social media.

In the afternoon, again on Rai1, it was Alberto Matano to intervene during the episode of de Life live. Speaking of the many cases of homophobia present in Italy, the journalist, in fact, wanted to tell a personal aspect that he had never shared before: “Stories like this hurt me particularly, because it happened to me too. When I was a teenager, I tried it on my own skin, so I know what it means. I hope that, with the contribution of everyone, on such an important issue, there can be a supplement of reflection. We owe it to those people we have just seen, ”explained Matano, holding back his emotion. The highlight, however, came during the first Live of X Factor, with Emma and Mika who, before getting to the heart of the competition, wanted to have their say on the decay of Zan.

«I am very sorry because we cannot celebrate a step forward. The images that came from the Senate, the applause and the chants from the stadium after blocking the Zan Bill, have written a very bad page in the history of our country “, explained Emma before being supported by her friend Mika. «What we saw yesterday is not the Italy that I love and that has welcomed and defended me over the years. But there is still Italy out there that is capable of loving and welcoming and in which I want to continue to believe ”, said Mika, weighing his words with great care. Where one could remain silent, it was decided to speak, to break a lance in favor of a law which, at the moment of the sinking, was greeted by thunderous and shameful applause, giving unworthy images that have been around the world. Together with the indignation via social media of many celebrities from the world of entertainment, from Marco Mengoni to Annalisa, from Fedez to Francesca Michielin, from Alessandro Cattelan to Alessandro Gassmann, it is heartening that even television, the more risky medium, if we want was afraid to expose himself and put his face on it.