Among the demonstrators and behind banners reading “Diplomats for Pride” were George Tsounis, Alexis Patelis, and Albert Bourla
The big pride march of Thessaloniki Europride 2024 started a little while ago. With the participation of thousands of people from different countries and starting from the park of the Chanth University, the big colorful march moves through the main streets of the city to end up at the White Tower, which will lit up in rainbow colors. Afterwards, at the statue of Alexander the Great, there will be a big concert.
This is the first EuroPride to be held in Greece and only the second to be hosted in Southeast Europe. At the head of the march is the colorful pride flag while floats follow with people on them dancing to the rhythm of the music.
Among the demonstrators and behind banners that read “Diplomats for Pride” were George Tsounis, US ambassador to Greece, Alexis Patelis, economic adviser to the Greek prime minister, and Albert Bourla, the Thessaloniki head of Pfizer.
In his statements earlier, Mr. Tsounis said he was proud to be in Thessaloniki today for Europride, as this is about human dignity, acceptance, love and equality and we need to accept people for who they are. Also present at the diplomats’ block was the ambassador of the Netherlands in our country, Susanna Terstal, who declared that she was happy about the law passed in Greece on the marriage of same-sex couples, noting that it is the first Orthodox country to do so .
Europride was also attended by the president of Plevsis Eleftheria, Zoe Konstantopoulou, speaking about a very big day for both Thessaloniki and the struggles that people fight for equality. She expressed her absolute support and participation in this celebration of love that is pride all these years and emphasized that Freedom Sailing supports equal rights for all people, without asterisks and without any hesitation.
Source: Skai
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