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Amsterdam replaces 'Pride Stroll' for canal ceremony in 25th anniversary of Gay Satisfaction

Individuals carry a gigantic rainbow flag in the 25th gay satisfaction ceremony in Amsterdam, Netherlands August 7, 2021. REUTERS\/Eva Plevier

AMSTERDAM, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Amsterdam topped a month of events honoring the 25th anniversary of its initial Gay Pride event with a \"Satisfaction Stroll\" with the city's historic centre on Saturday that attracted around 10,000 participants carrying flags and also an enormous rainbow banner.

Usually among the most significant events of the year in Amsterdam, the celebration has typically finished with a flotilla along the city's canals, with events, songs as well as dance on the watercrafts, quays, and also in bars as well as individuals's residences. However the canal ceremony was cancelled in 2020 and also once more this year because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Saturday's Satisfaction Stroll was billed as chance for Amsterdammers to not simply have a party however to actively take part and also show their assistance for LGBT legal rights under risk in the Netherlands and around the globe.

\" Times have altered, and also currently a lot of (gay people) do not feel secure any longer, even in Amsterdam 70 percent do not dare to stroll holding hands,\" stated Siep de Haan, that launched the very first watercraft ceremony in 1996.

Amsterdam \"was a gay paradise 25 years back as well as we have to get that back,\" he informed local broadcaster AT5.

Flags from 71 nations worldwide where homosexuality is a crime lined the route, together with an indication describing grim punishments prescribed for those convicted.

Despite the occasion's major message, individuals used colourful attire and also marched to joys, whistles, chants as well as drums as they went through the city's roads.

The Gay Satisfaction festival in Amsterdam generally draws half a million particapants and customers.

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Billie Eilish Reacts To 'Dream You Were Gay' Reaction: 'It's Not Intended to Be an Disrespect'

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