TheGodlessUtopian
18th May 2012, 23:24
Violent Confrontations Mar an International Day for LGBT Awareness
From kiss-ins in Paraguay to neo-Nazi attacks in Russia, the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia confronts prejudice and discrimination across the globe.
BY Advocate.com Editors
May 18 2012 11:57 AM ET
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After an IDAHO protest rally in St. Petersburg, Russia, activists were escorted back to their buses by police. But they drove only a few blocks before being stopped by groups of young men dressed in neo-Nazi insignia, some with face masks and many with shaved skin-head hairstyles. They attacked the buses, broke through the windows and assaulted the activists inside.
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Neo-Nazis in St. Petersburg, Russia attacked a bus that they believed was full of gay activists.
http://www.advocate.com/sites/advocate.com/files/imce/uploadedimages/Neo-Nazis-attack-gay-activists-in-St.-Petersburg03x633.jpg
A St. Petersburg gay rights activist is tended to after the attack.
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Contrasting sharply with the St. Petersburg violence, IDAHO activists release balloons in a park in central Moscow.
http://www.advocate.com/sites/advocate.com/files/imce/uploadedimages/Rally-in-the-Georgian-capital-Tbilisi02X633.jpg
Tensions mount as Christian activists led by Orthodox priests halted a rare attempt to stage a small pride march in ex-Soviet Georgia, attacking participants and smashing their placards.
http://www.advocate.com/sites/advocate.com/files/imce/uploadedimages/Rally-in-the-Georgian-capital-Tbilisi01X633.jpg
Protest art is displayed at the rally in Tbilisi, Georgia.
http://www.advocate.com/sites/advocate.com/files/imce/uploadedimages/Rally-in-the-Georgian-capital-Tbilisi03X633.jpg
Orthodox priests argue with activists during a rally in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi. The poster reads: "My body belongs just to me."
http://www.advocate.com/sites/advocate.com/files/imce/uploadedimages/Rally-in-the-Georgian-capital-Tbilisi04X633.jpg
At the rally in Tbilisi, violence errupts as police officers detain one of the LGBT rights activists.
http://www.advocate.com/sites/advocate.com/files/imce/uploadedimages/Cienfuegos01X633.jpg
Cubans members of the LGBT community take part in a march during the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia in Cienfuegos.
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Taking a stand in Cienfuegos, Cuba on the International Day Against Homophobia.
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A couple kisses during a demonstration held at Plaza de Armas square in Asuncion, Paraguay, on the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia.
http://www.advocate.com/sites/advocate.com/files/imce/uploadedimages/Plaza-de-Armas-square-in-Asuncion_PARAGUAY01X633.jpg
Multiple couples kissed during the demonstration in Asuncion, Paraguay.
http://www.advocate.com/sites/advocate.com/files/imce/uploadedimages/Transexuals-kiss-a-doll-representing-Brazilian-President-Dilma-Rousseff-X633.jpg
Transgender women kiss a doll representing Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff in front of Planalto Palace during a demonstration that was part of the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia in Brasilia, Brazil.
Source: http://www.advocate.com/society/pride/2012/05/18/violence-mark-international-day-against-homophobia?page=0,0
From kiss-ins in Paraguay to neo-Nazi attacks in Russia, the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia confronts prejudice and discrimination across the globe.
BY Advocate.com Editors
May 18 2012 11:57 AM ET
http://www.advocate.com/sites/advocate.com/files/imce/uploadedimages/Neo-Nazis-attack-gay-activists-in-St.-Petersburg02x633.jpg
After an IDAHO protest rally in St. Petersburg, Russia, activists were escorted back to their buses by police. But they drove only a few blocks before being stopped by groups of young men dressed in neo-Nazi insignia, some with face masks and many with shaved skin-head hairstyles. They attacked the buses, broke through the windows and assaulted the activists inside.
http://www.advocate.com/sites/advocate.com/files/imce/uploadedimages/Neo-Nazis-attack-gay-activists-in-St.-Petersburg01x633.jpg
Neo-Nazis in St. Petersburg, Russia attacked a bus that they believed was full of gay activists.
http://www.advocate.com/sites/advocate.com/files/imce/uploadedimages/Neo-Nazis-attack-gay-activists-in-St.-Petersburg03x633.jpg
A St. Petersburg gay rights activist is tended to after the attack.
http://www.advocate.com/sites/advocate.com/files/imce/uploadedimages/Central-Moscow01X633.jpg
Contrasting sharply with the St. Petersburg violence, IDAHO activists release balloons in a park in central Moscow.
http://www.advocate.com/sites/advocate.com/files/imce/uploadedimages/Rally-in-the-Georgian-capital-Tbilisi02X633.jpg
Tensions mount as Christian activists led by Orthodox priests halted a rare attempt to stage a small pride march in ex-Soviet Georgia, attacking participants and smashing their placards.
http://www.advocate.com/sites/advocate.com/files/imce/uploadedimages/Rally-in-the-Georgian-capital-Tbilisi01X633.jpg
Protest art is displayed at the rally in Tbilisi, Georgia.
http://www.advocate.com/sites/advocate.com/files/imce/uploadedimages/Rally-in-the-Georgian-capital-Tbilisi03X633.jpg
Orthodox priests argue with activists during a rally in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi. The poster reads: "My body belongs just to me."
http://www.advocate.com/sites/advocate.com/files/imce/uploadedimages/Rally-in-the-Georgian-capital-Tbilisi04X633.jpg
At the rally in Tbilisi, violence errupts as police officers detain one of the LGBT rights activists.
http://www.advocate.com/sites/advocate.com/files/imce/uploadedimages/Cienfuegos01X633.jpg
Cubans members of the LGBT community take part in a march during the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia in Cienfuegos.
http://www.advocate.com/sites/advocate.com/files/imce/uploadedimages/Cienfuegos02X633.jpg
Taking a stand in Cienfuegos, Cuba on the International Day Against Homophobia.
http://www.advocate.com/sites/advocate.com/files/imce/uploadedimages/Plaza-de-Armas-square-in-Asuncion_PARAGUAY02X633.jpg
A couple kisses during a demonstration held at Plaza de Armas square in Asuncion, Paraguay, on the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia.
http://www.advocate.com/sites/advocate.com/files/imce/uploadedimages/Plaza-de-Armas-square-in-Asuncion_PARAGUAY01X633.jpg
Multiple couples kissed during the demonstration in Asuncion, Paraguay.
http://www.advocate.com/sites/advocate.com/files/imce/uploadedimages/Transexuals-kiss-a-doll-representing-Brazilian-President-Dilma-Rousseff-X633.jpg
Transgender women kiss a doll representing Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff in front of Planalto Palace during a demonstration that was part of the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia in Brasilia, Brazil.
Source: http://www.advocate.com/society/pride/2012/05/18/violence-mark-international-day-against-homophobia?page=0,0