Comments on: New exhibition documents homophobia at Riga Pride http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9588.html/ PinkNews.co.uk Gay News (UK and world) from Pink News - all the gay news for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered community in the UK and beyond- thegaynews from Pink News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:36:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Paul http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9588.html/comment-page-1/#comment-38188 Paul Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:58:21 +0000 http://www.pinknews.co.uk/?p=9588#comment-38188 I was in Riga on holiday at the time of the 'march' and initially thought I'd simply doccument what people were doing but got so angry at the anti-gay crowds that I joined the march! It was an awful feeling to be penned into an area with people baying for my death on the other side of a fence. I had to defy a 'guard' at the entrance when he demanded whether or not I was 'one of them?' It is a stark reminder of the freedoms we have here and how easily they might be taken away. I was in Riga on holiday at the time of the 'march' and initially thought I'd simply doccument what people were doing but got so angry at the anti-gay crowds that I joined the march! It was an awful feeling to be penned into an area with people baying for my death on the other side of a fence. I had to defy a 'guard' at the entrance when he demanded whether or not I was 'one of them?'

It is a stark reminder of the freedoms we have here and how easily they might be taken away.

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