His name is AntĆ³nio Fernandes, and you can find the original article where he spoke about this event here
This elderly gentleman lives alone in Porto, when he saw the march coming up his street all he knew was he wanted to participate, so he ran home to get the only flag he had to wave as they passed by, when they did he was overcome with emotion and called over one of the activists, they hugged and exchanged flags, he felt so overwhelmed that he could only hold it and cry.
This isn't a story about a closeted elderly man, AntĆ³nio lives and has been living alone for many years now and that little moment made him feel included in something for the first time in many years.
"The act was "of supportā, guarantees the man, especially becauseĀ āeach one is as they are and we are all the sameā. āThe joy I felt at this moment. I cried,ā he recalled, still emotional when looking at the photograph offered to him during this report.
However, even though it reached thousands of people, the moment screams a feeling of belonging, of joy and also a portrait of loneliness as a consequence of aging.
Behind that door, whose image spread across the country, AntĆ³nio is the portrait of a condition that affects many others like him.Ā He lives alone, but the walls of his home are full of memories of a life shared and full of love. āMemories I preserve,ā he stresses.
He's not gay, nor does he need to be to support and respect the cause.
āWe all have the same color blood. We are all the same.ā
Still with an emotional look glued to the photograph that immortalized his gesture at the march, AntĆ³nio remembers: āI felt embraced by all of themā. After a sigh, he says: āSee this photo? I want to take it to my coffin.ā
