Thousands of people took to the streets of Warsaw on Saturday in a joint march for peace uniting Ukraine’s KyivPride with Poland’s Warsaw Pride. - NBCOUT
Participants of KyivPride and the Warsaw Equality Parade hold up a rainbow flag as they march through the streets of Warsaw, Poland, on Saturday.Thousands of people took to the streets of Warsaw on Saturday in a joint march for peace uniting Ukraine’s KyivPride with Poland’s Warsaw Pride. The innovative cooperative event between the two Eastern European capitals called for an end to war and solidarity with LGBTQ Ukrainians.executive director, told NBC News just after the march.
Emson said he believes Warsaw's Equality Parade — the largest annual Pride march in Central Europe — may also mark the first time a Pride parade marched not just for LGBTQ rights but for broader human rights. Ukrainian refugees living in Poland and neighboring countries were also warmly invited to take part in the Warsaw march. Not so eagerly embraced were a pro-Russian group of potential marchers, who were told in no uncertain terms that promoting Russia would be forbidden.
“I’m putting a lot of effort into building coalitions and building bridges with activists from the whole of Europe,” Maciocha explained. “I’m trying to connect us, to stay in touch, to know what is happening in different countries, to know what are the biggest struggles in different countries around Poland — so we can support each other, we can help each other, and we can also learn from each other’s experiences.
KyivPride is also being represented locally at several other Pride events around the world this year, including at Riga Pride in Latvia last weekend. On Sunday, Toronto’s Pride march will feature a large Ukrainian contingent, in a city with one of the largest Ukrainian diaspora populations in the world.
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