Activists and supporters of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community in Kosovo are set to hold what organizers describe as their second-ever pride parade in Pristina.
Ahead of the October 10 event in the center of the capital, organizers called on politicians and civil society activists to take part in support of the LGBT community’s rights to freedom of expression, to have different sexual orientations, and to feel safe.
Kosovo passed an antidiscrimination law in 2004 that guarantees the rights of sexual minorities. But observers say members of the LGBT community continue to face widespread discrimination in the predominantly Muslim country of 1.9 million, where much of society is socially conservative.
The parade, dubbed In The Name Of Freedom, will cap Pristina 2018 Pride Week.
The event is set to start at 11:30 a.m. local time at Pristina’s central Skanderbeg Square and end some 500 meters away, at Zahir Pajaziti Square, where a concert is to be held.
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