Kicked out of home for being gay: 27.000 euros raised

Kicked out of home for being gay: 27.000 euros raised

The online fundraising campaign launched by the cousin has reached over 27 thousand euros in just a few days. Malika, the 22 year old from Castlefiorentino (Florence) who made it known that she was kicked out of the house after revealing that he was having an affair with another woman. This is explained by the crowdfunding platform GoFundMe – on which the collection was launched – adding that in just over a week “the ten thousand euros initially set” by the young woman’s cousin “to pay the psychologist who is following Malika and the legal costs of her cousin, who has decided to sue her parents, have become over 27 thousand.

After the report by Le Iene and the public solidarity of Fedez and Mahmood, the singer Elodie directly shared the collection. Result: more than 8 thousand shares and donations that continuously arrive accompanied by messages of solidarity from all over Italy”. “Unfortunately, Malika's story is not an isolated case – explains the European manager of GoFundMe, Elisa Liberatori Finocchiaro -, on our platform there have already been requests for help from people who suffer discrimination of various kinds. The approval of the Zan bill” “should not be considered secondary or superfluous. For our part, we are proud to be able to host on our platform initiatives launched by ordinary citizens aimed at concretely helping others and driving change”.