The Internatnal Homomonument, a monument that honors people persecuted for their sexual orientatn, was vandalized wh anti-gay graffi.
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- ANTI-GAY RT IN TBLISI TTS BALANCE BETWEEN CHURCH, STATE
- US WHE SUPREMACISTS FOUND GUILTY OF GAY PRI RT PLOT
- US WHE SUPREMACISTS FOUND GUILTY OF GAY PRI RT PLOT
- GAY MONUMENT THE HAGUE VANDALIZED WH ANTI-GAY GRAFFI
- 10 ANTI-GAY ACTIVISTS... WHO WERE OUTED AS GAY
ANTI-GAY RT IN TBLISI TTS BALANCE BETWEEN CHURCH, STATE
Up to 2,000 anti-LGBT protters broke up a Gay Pri ftival the Geian pal Tbilisi on Saturday, scufflg wh police and stroyg props cludg rabow flags and plards, though there were no reports of juri. * anti gay riot *
REUTERS/Irakli Genidze TPX IMAGES OF THE DAYJuly 8 (Rters) - Up to 2, 000 anti-LGBT protters broke up a Gay Pri ftival the Geian pal Tbilisi on Saturday, scufflg wh police and stroyg props cludg rabow flags and plards, though there were no reports of juri.
Geia has passed laws agast discrimatn and hate crim, but LGBT+ rights groups say there is a lack of aquate protectn by law enforcement officials and homophobia remas wispread the socially nservative South Cs years ago, several journalists were beaten durg attacks on LGBT+ activists Tbilisi. (Istanbul) – Turkish police attacked and arrted hundreds of people at the Istanbul Pri March on June 26, 2022, a sweepg display of vlence and discrimatn agast lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people, Human Rights Watch said today.
US WHE SUPREMACISTS FOUND GUILTY OF GAY PRI RT PLOT
Turkish police attacked and arrted hundreds at the Istanbul Pri March last weekend, a sweepg display of vlence and discrimatn agast lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people, as well as journalists attemptg to report on the June 26 event. The number of arrts 2022 is three-tim more than the arrts durg the prev seven Istanbul Pri march bed. Thirty-four of those arrted were youth, acrdg to Kaos GL, a Turkish LGBT rights group. * anti gay riot *
The same day, Fahrett Altun, Print Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s munitns director, ma an anti-LGBT speech, sayg that “Fai and children [are] targeted through … tolerance for homosexualy propaganda” and llg homosexualy “ugls. Anti-gay protters try to attack a b wh gay activists who are beg taken away om a pro-gay-rights rally by police for their own protectn Tblisi, Geia, on May 17. Thoands of anti-gay protters, cludg Orthodox prits, occupied a central street Geia's pal.
While gay rights have been gag ground the Wt, they've been facg a strong backlash many untri of the former Soviet Unn.
Gay-rights advot say the wordg of the law is so vague that n be ed to ban gay-pri paras or, fact, any public discsn of same-sex issu. Homosexualy was a crime the former Soviet Unn, and remas so former Soviet republics such as Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.
US WHE SUPREMACISTS FOUND GUILTY OF GAY PRI RT PLOT
In Geia's pal cy, Tblisi, a mob of thoands attacked a small group of people who were stagg a prott agast homophobia.
Prits Among Vlent Attackers The cint began when members of Geia's lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr muny and their supporters obtaed a perm to hold a vigil on the steps of parliament.
GAY MONUMENT THE HAGUE VANDALIZED WH ANTI-GAY GRAFFI
They planned to mark the Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia on May 17.
10 ANTI-GAY ACTIVISTS... WHO WERE OUTED AS GAY
No Kharchilava scrib how the mob at the May 17 monstratn attacked her and fellow pro-gay-rights activists after police put them on a mib for their protectn.
Led by Orthodox prits, the crowd overwhelmed the police barrier around the small group of anti-homophobia monstrators.
Botkovali says the church oppos homosexualy, but don't seek to terfere wh what gay people do private.