KIEV: More than 700 gay-rights activists held a peaceful march through central Kiev on Sunday amid an unprecedented security operation in the ex-Soviet country where homophobia remains widespread.
Sunday’s march was the third such gay pride rally in Ukraine but the first ever to be held in the center of the capital Kiev.
Several thousand police and National Guard officers lined the route during the event, which lasted about 20 minutes.
“They did an excellent job on security this year. That’s unprecedented,” said one of the organizers Anna Sharygina.
“According to our information all the participants got home safely without problems,” she said.
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Source: The Manila Times
