The two champions joined civilly last June 13, then participating in Liguria Pride, receiving an avalanche of hatred on social media
Valentina Arrighetti and Gaia Moretto, Former volleyball champions of Conegliano, they got married civilly last August 13th. A big party with friends and relatives, who told through social networks by publishing videos and photos of the day and who concluded by participating in the Liguria Pride of Genoa.
Arrighetti and Moretto insults after the wedding
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Under their posts on social networks, next to many messages of affection and greetings, the two women were also overwhelmed by a string of Homophobic, vulgar and sexist insults. In the last few days like this Valentina Arrighetti and Gaia Moretto They decided to collect both the events of affection and closeness and those of hatred in a video published on social media. “In Italy there is still a lot to do,” said Moretto in an interview with Corriere della Sera, However, underlining how the new generations are more careful, inclusive and sensitive “. By imagining social networks as a mirror of the company, the volleyball champion highlighted how on the platform used among young people, Tiktok, The comments are often more respectful while “On Facebook and Instagram frequented by older people, it fell level”. However, it is not just a generational question, from its point of view the problem is cultural.
there is still a lot to do
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The video that Valentina and Gaia have published on social media is dedicated to those who addressed them messages of love and affection because #tuttoilreatoenoia, as they wrote not wanting to pay attention to those who insulted them. However, their goal was to highlight how Homophobia and sexism are still very present in our country. “We are not surprised but it is the first time that, having found us so exposed, all this has touched us firsthand,” added the two women. Many users have insulted above all Valentina for the dress who had the day of the civil union: “If they had been two men they would not have insulted them in the same way, because they would not wear two wedding dresses. We put what made us feel comfortable”. According to Moretto: “We are still too slaves to gender stereotypes where the male always has a dominant position”.
raise public awareness
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A Social hatred that the two women had never lived in their everyday life: “We never hidden,” he said to Corriere della Sera Gaia Moretto, “but we didn’t even do great proclamations, we lived our relationship as any couple”. According to the former champion For professional sportsmen it is not easy to freely live your sexuality: “We live in a hetero-no-sided world, having a homosexual relationship means being in the minority, therefore having a greater media exposure that implies being spokesperson ancestorly of one’s condition and is very expensive in terms of energies, for this reason perhaps we prefer confidentiality. Certainly in female sport it is more tolerated, in the male one it is a large taboo”. The wave of hatred that overwhelmed them could become a way to raise public awareness: “We want to try to transform hatred into a message on how real homophobia is”.
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