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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SOUTH KOREAN GAY RIGHTS SUPPORTERS CELEBRATE 1ST PRI PARA SEOUL 3 YEARS
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. * gay pride festival korea *
Conservative groups had protted agast Goldberg’s appotment, cricizg him for “homosexual cultural imperialism. ”An anti-LGBTQ protter wh a sign sayg, “Homosexualy is s!!!
I hope more people, cludg those the other area [anti-gay protts], will jo and hang out together, brgg harmony to this ftival.
I was sred on the way here bee the anti-gay protters were watchg wh their ey wi open. There’s always been tensn [between the participants and the anti-gay protters].
GAY PRI EVENTS SOUTH KOREA
I’m openly gay but those the closet probably thk there aren’t any other LGBTQ people around, while fact, there are lots of .
The foundatn is lked wh the Christian broadster CTS, which has volly opposed homosexualy and the pri ftival, acrdg to Rters. Homophobia is rife South Korea, where there is no prehensive anti-discrimatn laws to protect LGBTQ people.
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. They held up banners and chanted slogans opposg homosexualy as their lear shouted prayers to a microphone pleadg that God “save the Republic of Korea om anti-discrimatn legislatn. Gay rights activists are also unhappy wh Oh, who an terview wh a Christian newspaper last week said the cy may prohib the Pri event om g the cy hall plaza startg next year if this year’s participants “exhib cent materials or overexpose their bodi.