Around a thousand people turned up on Sunday for Ukraine's first major gay pride march which was held amid tight security measures in the capital Kiev.
Associated Press: Ukraine holds its first major gay pride march in Kyiv
Members of LGBT community shout slogans and carry banners as they march during the Gay Pride parade on June 12, 2016 in Kyiv. More than 700 gay rights activists marched through central Kiev on June 12 amid a massive police presence for the third such gay pride event in the ex-Soviet country where homophobia remains widespread.
