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A Gay Pride taste of victory (By AFP) One month to the day after the celebration of the first gay marriage in France, activists and supporters of gay rights marched Saturday in Paris to celebrate a "major step forward" after difficult months of Fight One month to the day after the celebration of the first gay marriage in France, activists and supporters of gay rights marched Saturday in Paris to celebrate a "major step forward" after a difficult month, on the occasion of the first Gay Pride since adoption of the Taubira law. Hundreds of thousands of people marched in music Montparnasse (fifteenth arrondissement) to the Place de la Bastille, where a giant concert clôturait like every year the day. Shirtless, white tutu, fishnet stockings and kilt wearing fluorescent wigs or rabbit ears, protesters enjoyed under the sun Taubira law allowing marriage and adoption for same-sex couples, which came into force on May 18 After several months of strong mobilization of anti-gay marriage, the "Gay Pride" had a taste of revenge for some demonstrators. "During the winter, we heard a lot of opponents to gay marriage, with about often shocking. The fact that there is too many, it is a form of response, "said Gaëtan Beucher, 22 year old student, shoulders covered by a rainbow flag rainbow. For Nicolas Gougain, spokesman of the Inter-LGBT (lesbian, gay, bi and trans) "This is an opportunity to show those who wanted to send us back in the closet in recent months that we exist. Whatever the progress in law, we see that there are still stereotypes and prejudices that are deeply rooted, even if it is the result of a minority. " Hervé Descamps had not come for five years at the gay pride, but a member of Gay motorcycle club wanted, "surprised" by the movement of anti-gay marriage "really be there this year." A little further, on a balcony, fists and hidden by white masks, a handful of Hommen (opponents of gay marriage who demonstrate on the model of FEMEN) faces, unfurled a banner
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