The march of transgender people and people who are friendly to them is taking place in the center of Kiev, at the moment, the convoy, accompanied by a large number of law enforcement officers, is moving along the streets of the Ukrainian capital, the TV channel “Ukraine 24” is broadcasting.
According to the organizers of the KyivPride procession, the march started from Mikhailovskaya Square at 13.00 (coinciding with Moscow time). Participants are holding flags of Ukraine and flags of the LGBT community.
The organizers advised the participants not to take out the posters and symbols before the march, and to hide or throw them away immediately after the march.
Before the start of the march, opponents of the LGBT community organized a “prayer for the liberation of LGBT people from sinful addiction”, the video of the action was published by the Internet edition Obozrevatel.
As UNIAN reported with reference to its correspondent, during the trans-march, law enforcement officers detained a man.
When the participants of the trans-march were walking along Trekhsvyatitelskaya Street, the police noticed a man who was running through the park in a race to the march. He was holding a cross in his hands.