Gay Couple Live Streams Hunger Strike
January 24, 2010 by Gay Agenda News Team
One night last September, Francesco Zanardi walked toward the back of a gay nightclub on the Greek island of Mykonos. Before he reached his moped, four men came from behind, pulled him to the ground and beat him unconscious.
The next day Zanardi awoke in the ER wing of a Mykonos clinic with severe internal bleeding and an unshakeable anxiety. Had he died, his young partner would have been left without the home they share in Italy and all legal rights spouses are granted under Italian law.
It was then that Zanardi decided to stage a hunger strike to advocate gay marriage, and publicize it online. Now he and his 22-year-old partner, Manuel Incorvaia, are webcasting their own campaign, streaming it live, 24-hours a day, on www.glbt-tv.it.
“We came to a point where we wanted to protect each other,” said Zanardi, 39, who began fasting on Jan. 4 and is now living off just three cappuccinos a day. “This is not my first relationship, but for the first time I feel the need to protect my partner,” he said.
More than 1,500 fans have shown their support on Facebook and according to GLBT TV, thousands more are following the webcasts every day.
Looks like the religious right isn’t the only group streaming with their live “prayer cast” against providing health insurance to those who don’t have it here in America!
I hope this works. It certainly worked for Ghandi.
Good to know that are not passively accepting injustice but I’d like to see them broadcasting on a non-gay channel if they want to make an impact.