Thousands of gay men and lesbians marched Saturday through the streets of Warsaw demanding greater freedoms in the first EuroPride to be held behind the Cold War’s Iron Curtain, the AFP reported.
The annual gay pride parade drew more than 50,000 revellers last year in Zurich, Switzerland, On Top Magazine reports.
Police estimated the crowd in Warsaw at 8,000, lower than the 20,000 hoped for by organizers. Anti-gay sentiment in the Roman Catholic stronghold remains high and politicians and church leaders routinely speak out against being gay.
