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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-06-26
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[01] LGBTI community concludes four-day 'Thessaloniki Pride' festivities
with parade
[01] LGBTI community concludes four-day 'Thessaloniki Pride' festivities
with parade
Representatives of the LGBTI communities in Greece, Croatia, Albania,
Kosovo, FYROM, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Turkey, Bulgaria, Montenegro
participated in the main "Pride" parade in the center of Thessaloniki on
Saturday evening, which ended the four-day "Thessaloniki Pride Festival".
The march started from the city's hallmark White Tower, with participants
chanting "Love each other" and slogans against hate speech and
homophobia. In the head of the parade, volunteers of the event held
a rainbow flag and were joined by members of the NGO "Positive Voice"
which defends the rights of HIV-positive people and promotes ways to
tackle the spread of HIV/AIDS.
The parade was attended by city mayor Yiannis Boutaris, ambassadors and
representatives of foreign delegations from the U.S., Finland, Canada,
Romania, and Britain.
When the march reached the American embassy, volunteers who organized
the event laid a wreath in memory of the Orlando shooting victims,
formed the words "Orlando rest in peace" and lit candles.
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