Latvian Gay Pride Meeting Under Siege In Riga ..

[struggle4progress]

July 22, 2006

Today in the Latvian capital of Riga, a crowd of fascists laid siege to and attacked a meeting called by the Latvian gay organization Mosaika at the four-star Reval Hotel to celebrate Gay Pride, after Pride March planned for today in Riga was banned on Wednesday this past week by the Riga City Council, a ban upheld on Friday by a Latvian court. But anti-gay fascist protesters laid siege to the hotel where some 100 gays and lesbians were meeting, and assaulted those trying to leave. The gay meeting attracted many journalists, who have also been targeted for assault by the protesters, who pelted them with eggs, bottles, and water ... http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=91&ItemID=10621

[idgiehkt]

1. this sucks.

Charlotte's gay pride is under seige by fundies.

don't feel like posting the link today, maybe tomorrow.