Going anywhere nice? (part two)
Jd's post below has set me thinking. You know how everyone always complains that there's no politics in Pride anymore? Well, let's go to Riga Pride next year and support our brothers and sisters there. Here's a report about July's Pride March from the ILGA website:
"RIGA - A total of 14 people have been detained for attacks on representatives of sexual minorities in the Latvian capital Riga on Saturday during the gay and lesbian pride festival.
National Police spokeswoman Sintija Kajina told the Baltic News Service that 13 of the detainees face administrative charges, while a criminal proceeding will be started against one person who was detained. The charges stem from an attack on gay and lesbian people who attended a service at the Anglican Church in Riga as part of the Friendship Days festival held last week.
An angry crowd threw tomatoes, eggs, and excrement at people entering the church service. Later, they threw eggs and splashed water on a taxi in which Swedish participants of the Latvian gay festival were travelling to the airport. The taxi was chased on its way to the airport, and attempts were made to push it off the road."
They can't push everyone off the road and shit comes out after a couple of washes. It'll be a laugh. Or perhaps a fight. Or both.
Riga Pride 2006
posted by Anonymous @ 1:29 pm
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yep. i feel a bit of a eurovision approach coming. can folks pick country of interest... do a bit of research, we compare notes and start booking those flights. [short answer: good idea, let's do] k
Yes all round. Somewhere first where we would all like to go but where our anti-fascist ideas might turn into anti-fascist actions and then somewhere else where we could just look great, scope out the talent and not worry about it throwing eggs at us.
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