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.
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GAY PRI EVENTS SOUTH KOREA
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(Vio: Ta Hsu)SEOUL — Thoands of revelers gathered Saturday for the South Korean pal’s Pri celebratn, wavg rabow banners and paradg through the streets spe the sultry monsoon heat, energized by the cy’s cisn to ny the event a perm for the e of a proment lively mood was stark ntrast to the relatively muted prence of nservative protters, who years past have surround the plaza near Cy Hall, stg a shadow over the Pri celebratns wh homophobic slogans blarg through loudspeakers. The Uned Stat, on the other hand, had a historic surge bills targetg transgenr socially nservative South Korea, homosexualy remas taboo, and same-sex unns are not legally regnized.