Around a hundred of protesters against the parade Rainbow Pride gathered in Hviezdoslavovo Square on Saturday, including dozens of supporters of the People's Party - Our Slovakia, a political party led by former leaders of extremist movement Slovenska Pospolitost.

To support the discussion on the rights of sexual minorities in Slovakia, the Netherlands Embassy in Slovakia, with its partners the Queers Leaders Forum and the Slovak Debate Association, organizes three public debates for high school pupils. The students debates follow Rainbow Pride Bratislava 2010 and will take place in Bratislava, Košice and Prešov. Debates are an original way how to deal with it a thought-provoking topic, because it shows the pros as well as the cons of the debated issue in competitive and catching way.

Rainbow PRIDE Bratislava 2010 will take place in Slovak capital Bratislava on May 22nd. It will be first Slovak march for human rights of non-heterosexual people, their social and political equalization and first celebration of gay and lesbian pride in Slovakia.
PRIDE is the opposite of the word "shame" which lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people still experience just because of their "non-majority" sexual orientation and gender identity.

The following joint press release is issued by Embassies of: Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Holland, Ireland, Canada, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden, Slovenia, Germany, UK, USA, Spain and EC representation.