Thoands of gay rights supporters marched unr heavy police guard the South Korean pal on Saturday as they celebrated the cy’s first major Pri para three years after a COVID-19 hiat. Police were on alert bee church-backed unterprotters rallied nearby streets, highlightg the tensns surroundg the rights of sexual mori the eply nservative untry. Revelers wearg or wavg rabow banners cheered durg speech and swayed to mic om a stage ont of cy hall at the Seoul Queer Para.
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GAY PRI EVENTS SOUTH KOREA
Thoands of gay rights supporters are celebratg unr heavy police guard the South Korean pal's first major Pri para three years after a COVID-19 hiat. * pride parade korea *
Hong, the Daegu mayor, has prevly ma headl for anti-LGBTQ statements, such as claimg that gay men would weaken the South Korean ary, acrdg to lol media. Homophobia is rife South Korea, where there is no prehensive anti-discrimatn laws to protect LGBTQ people. South Korea do not legally regnize same-sex marriage, and is ls acceptg of gay upl pared to nearby mocraci like Japan and Taiwan.
The foundatn is lked wh the Christian broadster CTS, which has volly opposed homosexualy and the pri ftival, acrdg to Rters. Supreme Court lg that favored of a signer who don’t want to make weddg webs for gay upl and a slew of anti-LGBTQ+ bills across the untry this year, such as legislatn targetg drag performanc and genr-nfirmg health para-goer said was nice to see a posive si to thgs bee Pri is sential to show people ’s worth to live as their tt self. Rabow Actn, a aln of queer groups South Korea, acced Seoul ernment officials of “aligng wh homophobia and discrimatn” by allowg a Christian group to “block out gatherg”.
GAY PRI PARA SOUTH KOREA: WNSG LOVE AND HATE SEOUL
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BUDAPEST, July 15 (Rters) - Thoands of Hungarians braved srchg heat for the annual Pri march Budapt on Saturday, prottg agast ernment ntrols over public displays by the LGBT Mister Viktor Orban's ernment promot a Christian-nservative agenda and 2021 banned "display and promotn of homosexualy" books and films accsible by unr-18s spe strong cricism om rights groups and the European Unn. "But unfortunately I have to say that beg proud of beg gay is not as accepted Hungary as the Wt.