North Macedonia s Capital Holds First Gay Pride Parade
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In Septembera proposed constitutional amendment to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman failed to meet the required two-thirds majority in the Assembly of North Macedonia. New Feature Alert Signup Widget. LGBT rights in Europe. Share this item facebook Share this item via WhatsApp whatsapp Share this item on Twitter twitter Send this North Macedonia s Capital Holds First Gay Pride Parade to someone via email email Share this item on Pinterest pinterest Share this item on LinkedIn linkedin Share this item on Reddit reddit Copy article link Copy link.
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Views Read Edit View history. The Daily Beast. Please read our Commenting Policy first. There is no legal recognition of same-sex couples. Retrieved 26 April Politicians and diplomats attended, including the U. North Macedonia is one of the last countries in the region to follow suit, with Bosnia next as it prepares its first Pride march in Sarajevo in September.
In Septembera proposed constitutional amendment to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman failed North Macedonia s Capital Holds First Gay Pride Parade meet the required two-thirds majority in the Assembly of North Macedonia.
- People from across Macedonia took part, along with marchers from neighbouring Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia and other countries.
- SKOPJE, North Macedonia -- Hundreds of people have marched through Skopje as the Macedonian capital hosted its first gay pride parade Police estimated that nearly 1, people participated in the June 29 event, with the crowd carrying a large rainbow banner, blowing whistles and cheering and dancing to music playing from a truck with loudspeakers.
- Hundreds joined the march with whistles, an enormous rainbow flag, and signs as they walked through the city amid a formidable police presence.
- Both male and female same-sex sexual activity have been legal in North Macedonia since and the country has prohibited discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity since , but same-sex couples and households headed by same-sex couples are not eligible for the same legal protections available to opposite-sex married couples. Homosexuality was outlawed in North Macedonia until , when the country decriminalized sex between people of the same sex as a condition for becoming a member of the Council of Europe.
- A sea of rainbow colours filled Skopje's streets on Saturday as North Macedonia held its first Pride parade, with marchers calling for an end to LGBT discrimination in the largely conservative Balkans region.
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From to , Macedonian gays, lesbians and bisexuals were protected from discrimination in the area of employment. In order for these amendments to be added to the Constitution, a final vote was required. In January , the European Court of Human Rights ECHR ruled that North Macedonia's requirement that transgender people undergo sex reassignment surgery before their gender marker on ID documents can be changed is a violation of human rights.
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