PHOTO GALLERY The third "Pride Parade" started tonight in Skopje
Under the motto "Come out for love! dignity, equality, justice ", the organizers of the national network against homophobia and transphobia have just started this year's edition of "Skopje Pride". Thousands gathered at the starting point of the park "Woman fighter" in the center Skopje around 17 p.m. for the beginning of the third consecutive Skopje Pride Parade.
The protest march in the streets of Skopje will start at 19 pm, immediately after the short greeting speeches. The parade will continue with a cultural and artistic program at the ARM Stadium, which will be opened with a performance by this year's Macedonian representative at Eurovision, Andrea Koevska.
According to the announcements, the opera singer Nade Talevska, as well as other queens from the country and the region will perform at the ARM stadium. Andrej Micajkov, Jana Todorovska, Martina Peneva and Ginger will have their own DJ sets.
"Pride is a cry on behalf of the millions of people facing social exclusion, impaired physical autonomy and limited access to services that are available to everyone else. "Skopje Pride, like other pride parades, is a holiday of love, a day of visibility of the marginalized and, of course, an occasion to celebrate the toughness of our struggle for equality," said the organizers of the National Network against Homophobia and Transphobia (NMHT). .
In addition to the organizers and participants in the "Skopje Pride" march, a large presence of police forces securing this year's rally is noticeable on the city streets. For now, according to information from the field, the gathering is peaceful and dignified.
The report team of "Free Press " who is on the ground managed to notice among the attendees and the non-governmental sector, Deputy Prime Minister Bojan Maricic and Minister of Labor Jovana Trencevska, but also other public figures.