Il Grande Colibrì is a voluntary association which was born from an integration and information project created in 2011. Our main goal is to try to offer a wide vision on the LGBTQIA world that is not limited to the italian context and knows how to read and understand the differences and instances of sexual minorities in the world.
In 2011 Pier Cesare Notaro created the intercultural blog IlGrandeColibri.com. The project has expanded considerably over the years, becoming a point of reference for immigrant, refugee and second generation people. For this reason, in 2016 the voluntary association “Il Grande Colibrì” was established. Today, the association includes people who are very different in gender identity, sexual orientation, origin and religion, but united by respect for this diversity and the pleasure of sharing it.
WHAT WE DO
- We offer support to asylum seekers because of the persecution in their countries, because of their gender identity or sexual orientation. We try to offer assistance and orientation for the asylum application and life in Italy. We also draw up dossiers, which are updated documents on the persecutions and regulations of the countries of origin. We manage the contact page of the information desks for refugee throughout Italy.
- We keep a watch on what is happening in the world regarding LGBTQIA issues and in Italy regarding the various minorities, offering you numerous articles, insights, interviews and comic stories.
- Thanks to our local groups we are present in different italian regions, where we create support networks, initiatives and meeting spaces. We organize and / or participate in various meetings and conferences in Italy and abroad, usually in collaboration with other associations, to spread knowledge and awareness on minority issues within the LGBTQIA community.
THE WEBSITES
IlGrandeColibri.com deals with LGBTQIA rights in the world, with particular attention to non-Western countries, and we try to create a space in which ethnic, religious and cultural minorities express themselves within the LGBTQIA community.
IoSonoMinoranza.it tells, above all through direct testimonies, the experiences and thoughts of people belonging to minorities subject to stigma and prejudice to overcome their stereotyped and superficial representation.
IO SONO MINORANZA
CODE OF ETHICS
The association has a charter of commitments to offer correct, complete and responsible information.
- We pledge to deliver the best possible information, given our skills and resources. Our main objective is based on the quality of what we do and not the quantity.
- We pledge to empower with useful tools as to comprehend reality and its complexity and to seize the opportunity to improve, without over-simplifying, exaggerating or bending events, data and opinions.
- We pledge to explain our values and objectives – which inevitably influence political choices about cultural opinion and fact analysis, but not about their description.
- We pledge to not run after visibility, readers and power. We rebuke sensationalism: we do not build scandals, we do not incite clashes, and we do not even try to appease you.
- We pledge to decline any attempt to influence our actions that lies outside the lines of our principles. We also pledge to listen and value any suggestion in line with our principles.
- We pledge to make any effort to verify the authenticity of the information given, and to demystify and deliberate any possible doubt about any of the reported news.
- We pledge to always indicate our sources and to add a link. When we will not follow such principle, we pledge to explain the reasons (e.g.: to block illicit advertising).
- We pledge to protect our direct sources by guaranteeing anonymity when necessary to their safety, and refusing to exercise or to receive pressure, in demand of their names.
- We pledge to request, to the other media, a correct and respectful use of information, and we will not keep silent because of convenience, similar ideologies or affability.
- We are fully conscious of not being infallible, therefore we are asking to advise for any mistake, inaccuracy or shortcoming. We will evaluate any suggestion and we will correct it, if needed.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTOR
President: Valeriano Scassa
Since 2000 he has collaborated with various LGBT sites and publications, and since 2006 he has edited an in-depth blog on comics and LGBTQIA pop imagery. From 2007 to 2017 he was President of the Piacenza Arcigay, after which he began to collaborate with Il Grande Colibrì, for which he designed the Nido project and is referring to it in Piacenza.
