‘PN Fundamentally Against Equality,’ Rebecca Buttigieg Says After Julie Zahra Raises Concerns On Gender Fluidity Performance
Parliamentary Secretary for Reforms Rebecca Buttigieg has claimed the Nationalist Party is fundamentally against equality, after concerns raised by a Nationalist MP on an upcoming performance for young children.
This comes after PN MP and culture spokesperson Julie Zahra raised concerns over an upcoming ŻiguŻajg performance and workshop about gender fluidity specifically targeted at children aged between eight and ten.
“Many concerned parents have contacted me about a representation called Gender Boss that ŻiguŻajg is organising for 8 to 10-year-olds from 16th March and to which schools have been invited,” Zahra said in a social media post.
“While we are in favour of free expression, creativity, arts, gender, and personal liberty, we are also in favour of everything taking place in the right time and place and, when it comes to sensitive subjects, through consultation with experts.
“If it is designed wrongly, it can have an opposite effect on children of such a young age,”
As a response to Zahra’s comments, Buttigieg said on social media that her reaction only shows how the Nationalist Party is fundamentally against equality.
“The statements made in the last hours by the nationalist deputy Julie Zahra are of concern because they reveal the fundamental beliefs of the Nationalist Party against equality,” Buttigieg wrote in response to Zahra’s comments.
“Zahra, who wants her to be a modern politician but in truth is among the most conservative, is against an artistic representation that simply conveys a message in favor of inclusiveness,” she said.
“It is not enough that the Nationalist Party has always worked and voted against the introduction of civil rights. They want to keep stifling the voice of diversity and respect,” Buttigieg claimed.
“They can be assured that they will find us protecting the interests of all genders and orientations, in a society that values love,” she promised.
ŻiguŻajg, a government programme of artistic events aimed at children and families, is set to premiere a “multidisciplinary production aimed at teaching kids about gender fluidity” later on this month.
Produced by Martina Buhagiar and featuring Martina Georgina and Romeo Roxmann Gatt as the lead artists, it is set to put on five performances – twice for schools and three times for the general public.
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