Saturday, May 31, 2014

Thousands March In Cyprus’ First Gay Pride Parade

The parade was interrupted by anti-gay protesters who called it “shameful,” but the demonstration was still considered “a huge success.”


On Saturday, the country's first ever gay pride parade was held in Nicosia, Cyprus.


On Saturday, the country's first ever gay pride parade was held in Nicosia, Cyprus.


AP Photo/Petros Karadjias


Several thousand people showed up for the event, far surpassing what organizers thought, the Associated Press reports.


Several thousand people showed up for the event, far surpassing what organizers thought, the Associated Press reports .


AP Photo/Petros Karadjias



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Costas Gavrielides, the president of ACCEPT-LGBT, one of the organizations that worked to organize the parade, said he was overwhelmed because he had expected just a few hundred people to show up.


Costas Gavrielides, the president of ACCEPT-LGBT, one of the organizations that worked to organize the parade, said he was overwhelmed because he had expected just a few hundred people to show up.


AP Photo/Petros Karadjias




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