Thousands march in Kiev Pride, amid heavy police presence and anti-LGBTI protesters

Over 2,000 people marched in Kiev Pride this year, while 5,000 police officers kept anti-gay protesters at bay.

Participants walked through the city centre, flanked on either side with a heavy police presence. The police were clad in helmets and bullet-proof vests.

Nationalist protesters tried to stop the parade by forming a human barricade around the parade route, then burnt a rainbow flag in protest.

Zorian Cis, a Ukrainian LGBTI activist said: ‘We go out into the streets, not to talk about sex, but about equal rights for everybody,’ he told the Advocate.

‘The rights which my partner and I are deprived of,’ he added. ‘The right to visit one another in the hospital, the right of inheritance and the right not to testify against each other in court.’

None of the marchers were injured, but two police officers suffered minor injuries.

Read full story from Source: Thousands march in Kiev Pride, amid heavy police presence and anti-LGBTI protesters

Share

About Gay Today

Editor of Gay Today