I think that what we are challenging, here, is the perception that ‘Gozo is different from Malta’: in the sense that Gozo is somehow ‘more homophobic than Malta’ or even ‘exclusively homophobic’, while Malta is not… What are you really challenging then, with that statement? And while the perception of a ‘culturally-conservative Gozo’ may indeed be a lazy stereotype: it is true that – perhaps because of double-insularity - Gozitans have traditionally resisted ‘progressive change’, in the past (divorce being a classic case in point). Recently, you commented that: “The march shows that Gozo is not a bubble, and the idea that Gozo is conservative needs to stop we are progressive with the same laws and realities as everyone else.” Nonetheless, Gozo’s first Gay Pride march took place in 2022: 18 years after Malta’s.
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