The Swedish LGBT Pride Parade Through A Muslim Majority Area That Raised Eyebrows

Youth Kiawaaz - An unofficial gay pride parade was carried out by a right wing nationalist Jan Sjunnesson on 29th July, running through a neighbourhood in the capital city of Sweden, largely inhabited by immigrants, a majority of them being Muslim.

Sweden, one of the first countries to legalise same sex relations way back in 1944 and only the seventh country in the world to legalise same sex marriage, has had a rich history of LGBT movement marked by pride parades. However, this incident has...read more.