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The largt gay pri para central Europe took place aga Warsaw for the first time two years after a panmic-duced break — and amid a backlash Poland and Hungary agast LGBT rights.

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The Equaly Para, Warsaw's gay pri march, has been marchg through Poland's pal cy's streets sce 2001. Bishop Szymon Czekaj, former print of the Internatnal Associatn of Gays and Lbians for Culture Poland (ILGCN-Polska), and other activists.

WARSAW GAY PRI PARA BACK AFTER BACKLASH, PANMIC

Warsaw has held s gay pri para after a panmic-duced break — and amid a backlash Poland and Hungary agast LGBT rights. * warsaw gay parade *

After a show anized one of Warsaw's now-funct gay clubs, a group of iends sprang up wh the ia of brgg a march agast discrimatn to Poland. The largt gay pri para central Europe took place aga Warsaw for the first time two years after a panmic-duced break — and amid a backlash Poland and Hungary agast LGBT rights. Thoands of people joed the march and were cheered on by others wavg rabow flags om their apartment that level of acceptance is not universal Poland, a heavily Catholic, largely nservative joyful and lorful celebratn was tged wh fear of what the future holds for the rights of gay men, lbians, bisexuals and transgenr people after setbacks first Rsia and now Hungary.

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“We’ve been through a very, very rough time, but at the same time we are gog out the streets and we are sayg we are stronger and we are not gog to give up, ” said Miroslawa Makuchowska, vice director of Campaign Agast Homophobia. It was banned twice s early years by a nservative mayor, Lech Kaczynski, who feared would promote homosexualy, and last year was nceled due to the ronavis the first event 2001, Polish society has bee largely more open on the issue of gay rights, shaped by EU membership and cultural fluenc om the year's para was smaller than the one 2019 due to some panmic rtrictns.

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1 of 16 | People take part the Equaly Para, the largt gay pri para central and eastern Europe, Warsaw, Poland, Saturday June 19, 2021.

8 of 16 | People take part the Equaly Para, the largt gay pri para central and eastern Europe, Warsaw, Poland, Saturday June 19, 2021. 9 of 16 | People take part the Equaly Para, the largt gay pri para central and eastern Europe, Warsaw, Poland, on Saturday June 19, 2021. 10 of 16 | People take part the Equaly Para, the largt gay pri para central and eastern Europe, Warsaw, Poland, Saturday June 19, 2021.

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