Participants take part at the Equality March, organized by the LGBT community in Kiev, Ukraine June 23, 2019. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian politicians and foreign diplomats joined thousands marching in a gay pride parade in Kiev on Sunday, the biggest and most peaceful ever in the former Soviet country.
Crowds of people, many dressed in bright colours, paraded along streets in the centre of the Ukrainian capital, holding up banners saying "Diversity is beautiful", "Human rights = happy country", "No violence - yes rights!".
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