Minorities | Yle: Basic Finnish ministries do not participate in Helsinki Pride – CEO: “It’s sad”

Over said on Thursday that two ministries led by basic Finns not going to participate this year to the Helsinki Pride equality event.

Pride is not visible in any way in the activities of the Ministry of Justice, nor in the Ministry of Transport and Communications. In the latter, according to Yle, staff are specifically prohibited from participating in the event during working hours.

Ministries the lack of support from the supporters is met with disappointment at Helsinki Pride.

“It’s sad that it’s been systematically aligned in this way,” says the executive director Annu Kemppainen For Helsingin Sanomat.

The Ministry of Justice is headed by basic Finnish politicians Leena Meri and the Ministry of Transport and Communications Lulu Wrist.

However, Kemppainen is not surprised by the boycott of basic Finns.

“There have been no policies in their party program that would promote the rights and well-being of rainbow people,” says Kemppainen.

Helsinki Pride the goal is to eliminate inequality in, among other things, culture, language, and society’s structures and values. Pride is known for its work for the equality of sexual and gender minorities.

According to Pride’s executive director, the orientation of basic Finns also shows how significant an event Pride has become. The Pride community has declared the whole of June as pride month.

“You don’t have to go far back in time when participation wasn’t talked about like this at all. Systematic exclusion indicates that it is a significant event and, in general, big issues that need to be discussed,” says Kemppainen.

Democrat magazine published on Thursday statement according to this information, only a few ministers of the current government are participating in Helsinki Pride.

Rkp’s ministers have confirmed their participation to the newspaper Anders Adlercreutz and Sandra Bergqvist and the assembly Sanni Grahn-Laasonen and Kai Mykkänen.

Not one of the ministers of the Fundamentalist Finns is participating in the procession, nor is the only minister of the Christian Democrats Sari Essayah.

of the Pride community Kemppainen is happy about the four ministry participants.

According to him, the support of the public administration and top state management has always been of great importance to Pride. Sanna Marin (sd) was the official patron of the event during his prime ministership.

“The participation of ministers is of great importance, as it communicates the importance of the issue to minorities and their relatives. The message is also that rainbow people are welcome in society,” says Kemppainen.

Prime minister Petteri Orpon (kok) participation in the summer Pride is still unclear. He has told Demokraati newspaper that he had not yet “familiarized” himself with the matter.

Kemppainen welcomes the Prime Minister to the Pride event and parade, which will take place on June 29.

“I send Petteri Orpo such greetings that it is good that he has not systematically excluded Pride. I welcome him. The presence of the Prime Minister in the procession would strengthen the dialogue about the rights of rainbow people in politics.”

A year ago, Pride excluded both the coalition and the center from its official partners. The reason was the trans law that was being discussed in the parliament at the time, which some of the MPs of the mentioned parties opposed.

This year, Pride has welcomed as partners all political actors who are committed to pushing for the banning of defragmentation treatments. Among the partners involved are Helsinki Kokoumus and the city center youth.