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A Pride festival was canceled in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi on Saturday by organizers who say authorities failed to prevent violent disruptions from Russian-affiliated far-right groups.
The far-right groups broke barricades and entered the festival venue. Deputy interior minister Alexander Darakhvelidze stated that no one was harmed during the incident, and that the police evacuated the organizers of pride parade from Lisi lake by bus. Tbilisi Pride announced the parade was cancelled due to the danger of anti-LGBT protesters. [10]
On 4 June Tbilisi Pride announced "Pride Week" to take place during 1–5 July, consisting of three main events: Public screening of the March for Dignity, a British documentary film, featuring events around the first Tbilisi Pride, an open-air Pride Fest and March for Dignity on 5 July as the conclusive event for the Pride week. The Tbilisi ...
In 2022, Tbilisi Pride was held from 28 June to 2 July without a March for Dignity or other public events, due to security concerns. [12] Instead, events included film screenings, a conference, and a festival in a private venue. [13] Twenty-six right-wing counter-protesters were arrested at a counter-rally during the week of events. [13]
Tensions were high in Tbilisi on Monday, July 8, as the city’s first pride parade was cancelled for a second time, having been postponed in June amid counterprotests by groups inspired by ...
Hundreds of opponents of gay rights on Saturday swarmed the site of an LGBT festival in the capital of the country of Georgia, vandalizing the stage, setting fires and looting the event's bar.
Protests regarding 2008 South Ossetia war; 2009 Georgian demonstrations; 2011 Georgian protests; 2012 Georgian protests; 2013 Tbilisi anti-homophobia rally protests; 2018 Georgian protests; 2019 Georgian protests; 2020–2021 Georgian political crisis; 2021 Tbilisi Pride protests; 2023–2024 Georgian protests; 2024 Georgian post-election protests
The first pride march was held in New York City in 1970 to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall Inn uprising, a riot that began with a police raid on a Manhattan gay bar.