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Jun 03, 2007
Quickie Link: Peaceful Gay Pride Staged in Riga Amid Tight Security
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By vanrozenheim
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(Riga, Latvia) - Around 1,200 people marched around the Vermanes Gardens at lunchtime as Riga staged, after two previous attempts, its Gay Pride. But it was not like most Prides around the world. Today was more of a walk around the park with tight security. The main thing, as everyone agreed, was that it happened and it was peaceful. Gay men and women from across Europe — not to mention dozens of Tinky Winkys - journeyed to the Latvian capital in solidarity with their embattled ‘brothers and sisters’. “We just had to come here,” said one German visitor. “The Latvian gays have had terrible experiences at the last two Prides, so this is my way of telling them that they are not forgotten."
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