Budapest Pride Festival Kicks Off

  • 5 Jul 2010 10:00 AM
Budapest Pride Festival Kicks Off
"The 15th Budapest Pride lesbian, gay, bisexual and transvestite film and cultural festival began at Művész cinema on Teréz körút in Budapest’s Sixth District under heavy police security arrangements Sunday evening.

US ambassador Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis welcomed those present in Hungarian and quoted the words of Thomas Jefferson from the US Constitution. British ambassador Greg Dorey sent a video message to the festival. Politics Can Be Different (LMP) caucus leader András Schiffer attended the event."

Source: Hungary Around the Clock.

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