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Attack on an LGBT rally in Yaroslavl
On November 20, 2017, in Yaroslavl, a group of young people tried to disrupt a rally in memory of murdered transgender people. Activists were pelted with eggs and frightened with stun guns.
On November 20, 2017, a rally in memory of transgender people killed on the basis of hatred was held in Yaroslavl. At 4:00 pm, an LGBT activist stood in a solo picket near the monument with a banner "Transgender Day of Remembrance" and placed several candles nearby. Other activists also stood nearby. A young man in a black cassock stood in a single picket with the inscription "Do not kill." He introduced himself as a priest of the Celtic Church of Germany and said that he had come from the Kemerovo region to support the action. Passers-by shouted homophobic insults. Further, a group of young people demanded to remove the poster, but the policeman stood up for the picketer. After that, the young people tried to attack the picketers, but they were stopped by the police. Young people threw eggs at LGBT activists, trampled on candles and flowers brought by picketers.
The attackers told reporters that " this is not normal... It's a mental illness!... if they have this illness, then they either have to be treated or sit somewhere in their place, without drawing attention to it. " One of the opponents of LGBT activists began to threaten a media photojournalist to break the camera. "Companions" did not give him, but later one of the attackers threw an egg at the photojournalist.
After the end of the pickets, the opponents of the action followed the LGBT activists. The picketers were walking along Ushinsky Street under police protection. Along the way, they decided to take refuge in Navalny's headquarters. Staff members provided shelter. The persecutors crowded around the headquarters with stun guns in their hands. The activists left the headquarters by taxi. All this time the police were on duty at the entrance to the headquarters. Sources