Amsterdam pped a month of events memoratg the 25th anniversary of s first Gay Pri ftival wh a "Pri Walk" through the cy's historic centre on Saturday that drew around 10,000 participants rryg flags and an enormo rabow banner.
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AMSTERDAM SUBSTUT 'PRI WALK' FOR NAL PARA 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF GAY PRI
[1/5]People rry a giant rabow flag the 25th gay pri para Amsterdam, Netherlands Augt 7, 2021.
REUTERS/Eva Plevier Acquire Licensg RightsAMSTERDAM, Aug 7 (Rters) - Amsterdam pped a month of events memoratg the 25th anniversary of s first Gay Pri ftival wh a "Pri Walk" through the cy's historic centre on Saturday that drew around 10, 000 participants rryg flags and an enormo rabow banner. "Tim have changed, and now a lot of (gay people) don't feel safe anymore, even Amsterdam 70 percent don't dare to walk holdg hands, " said Siep Haan, who lnched the first boat para 1996. Amsterdam "was a gay paradise 25 years ago and we have to get that back, " he told lol broadster om 71 untri around the world where homosexualy is a crime led the route, together wh a sign scribg grim punishments prcribed for those nvicted.
Dpe the event's ser msage, participants wore lourful outfs and marched to cheers, whistl, chants and dms as they passed through the cy's Gay Pri ftival Amsterdam ually draws half a ln partipants and viewers. "I missed , and I thk everybody missed , " said Chas, 42, as she watched the rabow flotilla plete wh celebrants dancg feathers, glter and leather pass unr a 25th edn of the para ps a week of Pri events the cy as the lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) muni celebrated their inty and monstrated for their rights. "Origally this was gay pri, but today you see hundreds of thoands of people regardls of whether they're gay or straight or whatever, and that is so fantastic, " said reveller Jonas van r Kaaij Olsen, 53, draped a rabow year the theme was "My Genr, My Pri" seekg to foc attentn to genr inty as anisers said transgenr emancipatn has lagged behd that of other Pri ftival said s foc is gradually changg om celebratg people's right to love whomever they want to their right to be whoever they a poll by broadster EenVandaag, 73% of rponnts who intified as LBGT supported holdg the Pri event, while nearly half thk should be ls mercial and more foced on rights issu.