Walking to destigmatize. After demonstrations in several major cities around the world (Toronto, Seoul, Dublin, Marseille, London…), five French cities are also organizing their “crazy pride”.
These “crazy pride marches”, aimed at making people who suffer from mental health problems heard, will be organized this Saturday, October 11 in five cities in France: Brest (Finistère), Bordeaux (Gironde), Paris, Lyon (Rhône) and Montpellier (Hérault).
The motto is simple: stop making mental health a taboo and dare to say that a person is sick. “We don’t talk about it much,” explains Jules Pasdelou, member of the Espas Dezordr collective at the initiative of Mad Pride, to our colleagues from Côté Brest.
Among the demands of the participants in these pride marches are the abolition of forced treatment (“because psychiatric violence and medication cannot be reconciled with respect for human rights”), “guaranteed” housing for all homeless people or even the end of discrimination and oppression such as social violence (“living in this society is psychologically harmful”).
The city by city program
Therefore, this Saturday five meeting places are offered. In Bordeaux, protesters will gather from 2:00 p.m. at the Place de la Victoire with the arrival of the procession at Porte Bourgogne.
In Montpellier, the procession will begin at 2:00 p.m. from Corum with scheduled arrival around 4 pm at Place Albert 1er and, from 6 pm, an evening in the “Quartier Généreux”.
In Brest, participants are expected from 2:00 p.m. at Place de la Liberté and the march will end at Square Wilson.
In Paris, the meeting will be at 2:00 p.m. at the Place de la République and the arrival is scheduled at the Place de la Nation.
Finally, in Lyon, the procession will leave Place Jean Macé at 1:30 p.m.
Source: BFM TV
