Around 35,000 people took to the streets of Geneva on Saturday as part of the LGBTQ Pride march. They celebrated diversity and spoke out against discrimination against people with non-binary gender identity and non-heterosexual orientation.
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At the parade itself, in which more than 60 associations and organisations participated this year, there was a festive atmosphere, with many people carrying rainbow flags. The march eventually arrived at the Parc des Bastions, where cultural performances were taking place.
“I come from Fribourg and after what happened there, it’s important to show that we’re here and that everyone is together to conquer fear,” a young man who took part in the march told the Swiss News Agency Keystone-SDA. In Fribourg, rainbow flags had been destroyed on Georges-Python Square at the end of May.
The organisers recalled that while the right to marry for all represented a historic step forward last year, the queer community was facing a return of insults and violence.
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