The Ukrainian flag and LGBT Rainbow flag are pictured on the balcony of the Polish gay rights organisation Campaign Against Homophobia office in Warsaw, Poland June 24, 2022. Picture taken June 24, 2022. REUTERS/Kuba Stezycki
WARSAW (Reuters) -Thousands of Poles and Ukrainians are walking for peace and demanding an end to discrimination against the LGBT+ community on Saturday, in a joint Pride march in Warsaw that organisers say aims to defend freedom and equality as war casts a shadow over eastern Europe.
The annual Pride march in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv was cancelled due to Russia's invasion, leading the LGBT+ community in Warsaw to team up with their counterparts in Ukraine to organise the event in the Polish capital.
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