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LGBT activists overcome attacks to hold ‘Equality March’ in Ukraine


KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s LGBT community and civil rights activists overcame a flurry of violent attacks with smoke bombs and stones to carry out the country’s second-ever “Equality March” in Kiev on Saturday.
At least 10 participants were reportedly wounded, along with five police officers, including one seriously.
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To get to Saturday’s march, participants had to have someone vouch for their character before being told the secret location of a parade that would last for less than an hour along a typically quiet 300-meter stretch on a promenade in a …read more

Source: Mashable

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