Gay Pride Calls for End to Discrimination

Ljubljana, 1 July - Several hundred people gathered in Ljubljana on Saturday for the 6th Gay Pride to protest against the discrimination of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people and call for the realisation of their right to a free and open life.

Ljubljana The six-coloured rainbow flag, a symbol of the gay rights movement, featured prominently at the Gay Pride. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana
The six-coloured rainbow flag, a symbol of the gay rights movement, featured prominently at the Gay Pride.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana Transgender performer Salome entertains the participants of the sixth Gay Pride in Ljubljana. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana
Transgender performer Salome entertains the participants of the sixth Gay Pride in Ljubljana.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana Gays demanded equal rights and an end to discrimination at the sixth Gay Pride. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana
Gays demanded equal rights and an end to discrimination at the sixth Gay Pride.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana Participants of the Gay Pride march symbolically cast off their masks, calling on gays to come out of the closet. Photo: Daniel NOvakovic/STA

Ljubljana
Participants of the Gay Pride march symbolically cast off their masks, calling on gays to come out of the closet.
Photo: Daniel NOvakovic/STA

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