
Aberdeen will host its inaugural gay pride parade next summer.
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Aberdeen set for first gay pride parade in 2018
Preparations are underway for the celebration, which is expected to be staged on Union Street, as a collaboration between the city council and the Grampian Regional Equalities Council (GREC).
A council report on the event states: “Plans are underway with Aberdeen City Council, Four Pillars and GREC to bring a Gay Pride event to Aberdeen in the summer of 2018.
“The event is designed to celebrate the LGBT+ community, improve the general public’s awareness of this community, and assist in ACC’s compliance with the Equality Act 2010 General Duty.”
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