PARIS - Fifty years on from the first Gay Pride march, the LGBT community and their supporters took many of their events online Saturday, responding to the threat of the coronavirus pandemic.
While some activists took to the streets to mark the event, much of the movement's energy was channeled into Global Pride, a 24-hour online event broadcast live online.
Some events were broadcast on the giant screen in Piccadilly Square and London's mayor, Sadiq Khan, tweeted his support. "We may be apart, but we are still united, as neighbors, as allies, and as one city." In Vienna, around 200 cars and motorbikes decked out in rainbow flags and inflatable unicorns paraded down the city’s famous Ringstrasse on Saturday afternoon.
Politicians were also appearing, including Costa Rican President Carlos Alvarado, whose country has just legalized gay marriage.
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