Pride festival in Tbilisi cancelled due to bigotry

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Good grief - you'd think that in the 21st century, those of a differing view might at least have the decency & sense to allow others their festival in peace but apparently that's too much to ask from the hard of understanding who have to exhibit their primitive, outdated views in order to cause  distress to others. The rise of the idiotic far right continues.


https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66145898

  "Up to 2,000 anti-LGBT protesters stormed a gay pride festival in Georgia's capital Tbilisi on Saturday, forcing its cancellation.
The right-wing protesters, who included Orthodox Christian clergy, scuffled with police, rushed the stage and burned rainbow flags.
The organisers and Georgia's president blamed anti-LGBT hate speech that preceded the event, and said the police had failed to protect festival-goers.

Homophobia remains rife in Georgia.

Far-right protesters also violently disrupted a Pride festival in Tbilisi in 2021, attacking journalists and LGBT activists.

The 2023 Pride organiser, Mariam Kvaratskhelia, said there had been a "mass mobilisation" of far-right groups ahead of this year's event. The groups had been "openly inciting violence", she said."