SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgarian riot police detained about 60 far-right extremists on Saturday who threw a petrol bomb and tried to break up the country's first gay parade. Some 100 gay activists marched across the capital Sofia to protest against discrimination in this generally conservative nation that is often hostile to homosexuality -- an attitude seen in many eastern European countries. One militant protester threw a petrol bomb near the marchers, while others hurled eggs and some carried clubs, police and a Reuters eyewitness said. About 60 people were arrested, police said. No one was hurt.
SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgarian riot police detained about 60 far-right extremists on Saturday who threw a petrol bomb and tried to break up the country's first gay parade.
Some 100 gay activists marched across the capital Sofia to protest against discrimination in this generally conservative nation that is often hostile to homosexuality -- an attitude seen in many eastern European countries.
One militant protester threw a petrol bomb near the marchers, while others hurled eggs and some carried clubs, police and a Reuters eyewitness said.
About 60 people were arrested, police said. No one was hurt.
But at the hotel near me the hairdresser (strereotype alert) is as camp as a row of tents and he seems to thrive. Sometimes I'm sure he's gonna tell me he's the only gay in Sandanski, but then again he can be seen with a group of likely young men in the bar sometimes. keep to the Fen Causeway
