by Rex Wockner
International News Briefs
Around 300 people marched in the second gay pride parade in Sofia, Bulgaria, on June 27 – twice as many as last year.
Police and private security officers, who were hired by pride organizers, protected the marchers to prevent a recurrence of last year's violence, when skinheads and right-wing extremists attacked the parade with bottles, rocks, eggs, firecrackers, smoke bombs and Molotov cocktails, resulting in 80 arrests.
This year's march, which traveled from the National Palace of Culture to the Red House debate club, encountered nothing more serious than some booing.
Organizers called for a law to ban anti-gay discrimination in employment.
