This weekend I visited the vifth Moldovan Gay Pride. It was great being back in Chisinau: the dedication of people working for and with GenderDoc-M, the hospitality, and the fun made it a pleasure coming back!Even though the organisers faced some backlashes in terms of recognition of the necessity of such event I think they can be proud on the event they again succesfully managed to organize in this part of Europe. It's through the efforts of involving many actors from civil society in the work that the Pride is so widely being supported.
On the pictures you see people being involved in 'forum-theatre'. An interactive working method by which needs for anti-discrimination legislation were discussed. Very touching as real-life situations were projected on the current legal situation. The ban of the actual pride by the Chisinau major, as well the participation of a representative of the Moldovan Baptist community (whom addressed homosexuality as unnatural during the conference), made it clear that there's big need for such legislation!
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