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Immacolata "Imma" Battaglia (born
From the late 1980s to 2000 Imma Battaglia was a member of the Centre of Gay Culture "Mario Mieli" as well as its president for more than 5 years. As such she organised the first
Portici
Portici (; ) is a town and ''comune'' of the Metropolitan City of Naples in Italy. It is the site of the Portici Royal Palace.
Geography
Portici lies at the foot of Mount Vesuvius on the Bay of Naples, about southeast of Naples itself. There i ...
, province of Naples
The Province of Naples ( it, Provincia di Napoli; nap, Pruvincia 'e NÃ pule) was a province in the Campania region of southern Italy.
In 2014/2015, the reform of local authorities (Law 142/1990 and Law 56/2014), replaced the Province of Naples ...
, 28 March 1960) is an Italian left-wing politician and LGBT
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activist.Biography
From the late 1980s to 2000 Imma Battaglia was a member of the Centre of Gay Culture "Mario Mieli" as well as its president for more than 5 years. As such she organised the first Gay Pride
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in Italy (Rome, 1994), and promoted Rome as a possible host for the 2000 World Gay Pride; her efforts were successful and the city was assigned the organisation of such event. The event created controversy in Italian politics because of the contemporaneity with the Great Jubilee
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of the Roman Catholic Church
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.
Personal life
An open lesbian. Battaglia is currently engaged to Eva Grimaldi. She was previously engaged to Italian actress Licia Nunez.See also
*Nichi Vendola
Nicola "Nichi" Vendola (; born 26 August 1958) is an Italian left-wing politician and LGBT activist who was a Member of the Chamber of Deputies from Apulia from 1992 to 2005 and President of Apulia from 2005 to 2015. He is one of the first o ...
*Left Ecology Freedom
Left Ecology Freedom ( it, Sinistra Ecologia Libertà , SEL) was a democratic socialist political party in Italy whose bulk was formed by former members of the Communist Refoundation Party.
The party's leader was Nichi Vendola, a former President ...
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Left Ecology Freedom politicians 21st-century Italian politicians Italian LGBT rights activists Italian LGBT politicians Italian lesbians 1960 births Living people People from Portici 21st-century Italian women politicians Lesbian politicians {{Lazio-politician-stub