Around 2,000 demonstrators have marched from Poland to Germany in a show of solidarity for Polish LGBT+ people’s rights. The march linked the Polish border city of Słubice and its German neighbor of Frankfurt an der Oder.
The two cities are barely 100 meters apart but are sharply divided when it comes to LGBT+ rights. Riot police lined the streets at the start of the march, through fear far-right Polish groups would attack the Pride.
However the colorful procession, led by drag queens, made its way over the steel bridge over the River Oder which marks the border between the two countries.
Meanwhile there were only around 30 or 40 Polish counter-protestors who held banners and sang hymns. They also had a car, daubed with signs claiming LGBT+