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Added on the 02/07/2018 09:19:12 - Copyright : Huffington Post
Turkish police fire tear gas at gay rights groups and activists who defied authorities to march for the Istanbul pride parade, banned for the fifth year in a row. IMAGES
Turkish police forcibly intervene in a Pride march in Istanbul, detaining and loading into buses more than 150 demonstrators. The governor's office had banned the march around Taksim Square in the heart of Istanbul but hundreds of protesters carrying rainbow flags press ahead with the rally in defiance of police. IMAGES
A crowd parades in the streets of Warsaw to celebrate gay pride. Gay rights have become a flashpoint issue in the EU member country under the governing right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) party, which campaigns against what it calls "LGBT ideology". IMAGES
Stockholm’s annual Gay Pride takes place as a procession of boats in Riddarfjärden bay as coronavirus restrictions prevent the traditional celebrations from going ahead. IMAGES
Throngs of people attend the New York Gay Pride march, which is expected to draw three million rainbow flag-waving supporters, 50 years after the Stonewall riots that galvanized the modern gay rights movement. IMAGES