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Ukraine hosts biggest ever gay pride parade

Participants take part at the Equality March, organised by the LGBT community, in Kiev, Ukraine June 23, 2019. [Reuters]

Ukrainian politicians and foreign diplomats joined thousands marching in a gay pride parade in Kiev on Sunday, the biggest and most peaceful ever in the former Soviet country.

Crowds of people, many dressed in bright colours, paraded along streets in the center of the Ukrainian capital, holding up banners saying “Diversity is beautiful”, “Human rights = happy country”, “No violence - yes rights!”.

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