Several thousand police officers were mobilised in the Ukrainian capital Kiev yesterday to provide tight security for 1,000 participants in the country’s first major gay pride march.
Marchers waved rainbow flags and carried placards stating: “Love has no gender.”
“The road to equality in Ukraine is difficult as well as dangerous,” said Bohdan Hloba, one of the rally organisers.
“We have been threatened with a bloodbath, but every step of this march gives us hope.”
Thousands of people also marched in colourful gay pride events urging support for LGBT rights in Italy, Poland and Croatia, stressing the limited nature of their rights in these countries
Marchers waved rainbow flags and carried placards stating: “Love has no gender.”
“The road to equality in Ukraine is difficult as well as dangerous,” said Bohdan Hloba, one of the rally organisers.
“We have been threatened with a bloodbath, but every step of this march gives us hope.”
Thousands of people also marched in colourful gay pride events urging support for LGBT rights in Italy, Poland and Croatia, stressing the limited nature of their rights in these countries
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