Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson hosted a Bronx Denim Day march last week to show solidarity with those affected by sexual assault and to amplify inequities experienced by marginalized communities.
Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson hosts Denim Day march at Bronx Borough Hall on Thursday, April 20
Gibson and various advocates were present for the first Denim Day march in New York City back in 2010. Clad in denim, they gathered to commemorate worldwide women-led protests that were sparked when an Italian court granted the appeal of a rapist and overturned his sentence in 1999. The judge said the victim was wearing tight jeans, insinuating that she was complicit. Italian women began showing up to work wearing denim jeans and other attire to support survivors of sexual assault.
“We remind everyone out there that victims don’t have to be victims forever. You are a part of the future,” said Gibson. “And we want to remind anyone out there who is in a dangerous relationship with a partner that love should never hurt. There are ways to get out.”
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