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“The crowds of thousands started aggressive homophobic chanting and displayed grossly offensive homophobic posters such as ‘Gays fuck our nation,’ ‘Your rights start where my ass begins,’ ‘Shame parade’ and many more. The opponents followed the marchers and continued their chanting during the entire route. … [They] threw eggs and tomatoes to the marchers, sprayed tear gas, ripped off and destroyed posters from some marchers’ hands, and tried to reach the marchers with obvious attempt of physical assault. …The first attempt of the Latvian LGBT people to peacefully march through Riga turned into a massive hysterical homophobic event. … Something is horribly wrong with the Latvian state, politics and society.”

“I know that it has significance for our LGBT community, so it is something that I take seriously. I think it’s a huge responsibility, so I’m very much aware of it and I hope that it’s a good thing for our community. … It’s an opportunity for our community to show that we really are engaged and active and can step up to the plate and do these kinds of things when called upon and when needed.”