The 2024 Paris Olympic Games officially kicked off over the weekend with the opening ceremony. But one portion of the festivities caused a pretty strong reaction from those watching.
The opening ceremony over the weekend included drag queens among other performers appearing to parody the Leonardo da Vinci painting “The Last Supper,” a Reinassance art piece that depicts Jesus sharing a final meal with his disciples before his crucifixion.
The parody sparked outrage from many conservative Christians, but it also seems to have upset a French LGBTQ group.
French LGBTQ leader James Leperlier offered a pretty surprising reaction to the very progressive opening ceremony as he criticized the portrayal for showing what France “should be and not what it is.”
“We know in the LGBTQ community in France we are far from what the ceremony showed. There’s much progress to do in society regarding transgender people. It’s terrible that to legally change their identity they are forced to be on trial,” Inter-LGBT president James Leperlier said according to Reuters.
“If you saw the opening ceremony last night you’d think it was like that normally, but it’s not. France tried to show what it should be and not what it is.”
[Reuters]
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