While many of us in America prepare to celebrate Gay Pride this coming weekend and throughout the month of June….
Many of us take such a public act for granted!
However, this past weekend a small group of brave Russian men and women defied a ban in Moscow and held their Gay Pride parade.
They were far outnumbered, however, by those opposing their public display of pride.
Russian Orthodox and far-right opponents hurled eggs at gay activists and, in one instance, were seen punching a gay man to the ground and some elderly ladies were holding an anti-gay vigil on the pavement, dressed in headscarves and holding icons of Orthodox saints.
Sunday’s event was timed to mark the May 27th anniversary of a 1993 change in the law that decriminalized homosexuality in Russia.
Don’t take your ability to show your pride this weekend for granted.
And, thankfully, in California, we can now celebrate the right to marry!
We are lucky to live in a state that sees all residents equal under the law.
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