Thessaloniki Pride held for one more year successfully. Many of our friends in the city seem to be impressed from event itself, because every years is getting bigger and bigger. Good vibes, electronic music sounds and stylish people on the streets I am publishing few of the brilliant pictures as well as a brief report we have received today by one of our Thessaloniki friends.
Taking into account the increased vote in favour of the Golden Dawn Nazis as well as the overall extreme-right shift in Greece, the mere election of a progressive mayor in Thessaloniki, could not guarantee a successful Pride. Fortunately, this was not the case and millions of LGBT people crowded the streets of the city, offering a spirited reply to mainstream society and its fascist, racist and homophobic majority.
The internationalist solidarity between gay and transgender people across the Balkans, the radical content of the speeches offered as well as the most anticipated parade of the sexual and gender diversities suppressed in Greece by phobic attitudes, fascist attacks, governmental policies and the police brutality, offered a major political event for public expression and human rights demonstration. Among the several events organized prior or during the Thessaloniki Pride, we should especially mention the pink triangular memorial wreath offered in front of the Jewish Holocaust Memorial.
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