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Jun 02, 2007
Quickie Link: Gay Rights Activists Gather in Latvia for Pride Parade
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By vanrozenheim
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(Riga, Latvia) - Sexual rights activists from across Europe gathered in Latvia on Saturday, a day before a gay pride parade that is expected to face angry protests from conservative groups. Last year, an informal meeting of gay rights advocates in the Baltic country drew a crowd of irate demonstrators, some of whom threw eggs and excrement at the meeting's participants. Outraged by scenes of unrest last year, lawmakers and gay-rights advocates from across Europe have promised to attend the event Sunday, which will be Riga's second gay pride parade after the inaugural march in 2005. Swedish Migration Minister Tobias Billstrom was also set to take part.
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