Sunday, June 19, 2011

Gay pride marches across Balkans face hostility (AP)

SOFIA, Bulgaria ? Gay pride rallies are being held in several Balkan capitals and hundreds of police are on duty to protect the marchers following calls by extremist groups to stop the demonstrations.

More than 1,000 marchers are expected Saturday at the fourth gay pride rally in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia. Similar marches are taking place in the capitals of Croatia and Hungary.

Gays and lesbians face widespread hostility in the macho-dominated societies in the region, and opposition to their public events has been fierce.

Due to extremist violence during previous parades, Sofia city hall rejected a demand by an anti-gay organization to hold a parallel rally. Gay Pride organizers, however, said extremists are using social networks to drum up resistance to their parade.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/europe/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110618/ap_on_re_eu/eu_balkans_gay_pride

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