Pride Season Pits European Pro-Gay Groups Against Intolerance
Topix Gay News Jun 01 08
As cold European air gives way to a warmer front, the season of eastern European gay pride parades is at hand to remind authorities of tolerance toward sexual minorities.
Groups in Latvia and Poland received permission to stage Gay Pride parades in their respective capitals, arguing that it's their right under European Union law. In Moscow, however, the city authorities denied a pro-gay group a permit to march on Saturday for the third year in a row.
In the past, gay pride has prompted savage backlashes in the three countries, with marches banned by the authorities and attacked by religious extremists, ultra-nationalists and communists. Full story...
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