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Foreign Affairs

bemildred

(90,061 posts) Sun Jun 12, 2016, 08:22 PM Jun 2016

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Ukrainians March for LGBT Equality in Peace

Today in Kiev, a gay pride parade began an entirely new chapter in the history of the Ukraine.

"Let her in, she's a lesbian, don't you get it?" says a policeman to his colleague before checking the documents of a journalist getting screened for "The March of Equality."

According to local police, on hand to limit any disruptions, the over 1500 LGBT community marchers were not harmed - joining 5500 police officers as they walked together in the center of the Ukrainian capital, Kiev.

http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/ukrainians-march-lgbt-equality-peace-n590626