Georgia: A mob storms Tbilisi Pride Fest site, forcing the event's cancellation

https://apnews.com/article/georgia-lgbt-festival-pride-cancellation-ce5a1f6a162008e9a7de0d139d067358

Hundreds of opponents of gay rights have swarmed the site of an LGBT festival in the capital of the country of Georgia, vandalizing the stage, setting fires and looting the event’s bar.

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MetaPhrastes@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

A personal opinion: maybe the way in which protests/manifestations/sit-ins were made in the last couple of decades did not serve well for the LGBTQIA+ cause. They were more targeted at creating scandal and raising awareness in a disruptive and "disturbing" way. Let's leave this kind of method to modern Art and to deconstructivism, here people's rights are at stake, a theme that would be normal and "granted" in a normal and sane society. Look at what is happening instead, it's really sad.