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Breaking: Three shot outside gay nightclub in San Francisco
Four people were injured during the gay pride weekend in The Castro District of San Francisco, California, according to a report by California Beat.
The shooting occurred sometime after 11:30pm during Pink Saturday, a street party held the night before San Francisco Pride. FOX40 reports that the shooting was at a gay nightclub called “The Cafe” at the intersection of Market and Castro Streets.
The conditions of the people who were injured are unknown at this time.
According to @GAinSF, the photo above shows a Muni Metro station at the Market and Castro intersection. The photographer reports that all roads closed and the riot police have been called in.
(Above photo: sharayray, main photo: Sharon Hahn Darlin)
(EDIT: California Beat reports that the San Francisco Police Department is now reporting that only three people were shot instead of four, which was previously reported.)
Lithuania’s first gay pride march attracts protests
Opponents of Lithuania’s first gay pride parade threw smoke bombs and tried to break through a barrier Saturday but were stopped by police firing tear gas, reports The Associated Press.
Later, protesters threw rocks and street signs at security forces, and two Lithuanian lawmakers were detained after trying to climb the barrier.
About 400 people took part in the two-hour march — dubbed “For Equality” — in a sealed-off area in downtown Vilnius. Holding large rainbow flags and dancing to music blaring from loudspeakers, they walked along a road near the city’s Neris river.
Participants included many foreigners, diplomats and members of the European Parliament.
It was the first gay pride event in Lithuania, a largely Catholic nation of 3.4 million people in northern Europe, that acquired independence from the Soviet Union two decades ago.
Slovakia to hold first Pride festival
Slovakia will hold its first ever Pride festival on 22nd May this year.
Few details have been announced but Romana Schlesinger, a spokesperson for the event, said: “Rainbow Pride Bratislava 2010 is an important step towards the visibility of lesbian and gay people in the public space. Pride is celebration of who we are, our identities, our presence and our civic participation in Slovak society.”
(Photo: -Marlith-)
