VIENNA (AP) — Vienna's gay-themed pestrian traffic lights are here to stay. Instead of the ual stick man, the lights show upl — a man and a woman, two women or two men. Set up recently at 47 crossgs, they were to be taken down June, after the end of several gay-iendly events. But Vienna Councilwoman Maria Vassilakou, charge of traffic issu, says they will now rema. State broadster ORF quoted her Tuday as sayg they have already achieved cult stat. The right-wg Freedom Party says will lodge a crimal plat agast Vassilakou for allegedly ntraveng traffic regulatns and wastg taxpayers' money at a st of 63,000 ros ($70,000.) But a Facebook page llg for them to be kept has gathered more than 20,000 lik. North of the borr Germany, Munich's cy uncil voted Tuday to stall s own traffic signals based on those Vienna showg gay, lbian and heterosexual upl early July to ci wh gay-pri events the cy, the dpa news agency reported. It has not yet been cid exactly where the timated 50 signals will be stalled, nor how long they will rema. "This is an important signal, the tt sense of the word, agast homophobia," said Munich cy uncil member Christian Vorlaenr.
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VIENNA’S GAY-THEMED TRAFFIC SIGNALS TO STAY PERMANENTLY
On pestrian traffic lights selected parts of Vienna pictograms showg straight, gay and lbian upl will be on display permanently. * vienna gay traffic lights *
VIENNA (AP) — Vienna’s gay-themed pestrian traffic lights are here to stay. Set up recently at 47 crossgs, they were to be taken down June, after the end of several gay-iendly Vienna Councilwoman Maria Vassilakou, charge of traffic issu, says they will now rema.
VIENNA’S TRAFFIC LIGHTS ARE NOW GAY-THEMED
)But a Facebook page llg for them to be kept has gathered more than 20, 000 of the borr Germany, Munich’s cy uncil voted Tuday to stall s own traffic signals based on those Vienna showg gay, lbian and heterosexual upl early July to ci wh gay-pri events the cy, the dpa news agency has not yet been cid exactly where the timated 50 signals will be stalled, nor how long they will rema. “This is an important signal, the tt sense of the word, agast homophobia, ” said Munich cy uncil member Christian Vorlaenr.
The Atrian pal Vienna is gearg up to host the 60th annual Eurovisn Song Contt — which has veloped a large LGBT followg —by refurbishg pestrian signal lights at road crossgs to feature gay-iendly symbols. A gay uple walkg beneath a love heart tells pestrians that is safe to cross.