PARIS — Thousands of people marched Saturday in a gay pride parade in Paris amid tight police security, three weeks after the massacre at a Florida gay nightclub. Some participants at the Paris parade were wearing black armbands to pay tribute to the Orlando victims. French President François Hollande tweeted "let's keep fighting for freedom and equality," with the French pride parade's hashtag #MarchedesFiertes. Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo and Culture Minister Audrey Azoulay also joined the march, which was reduced to a short 2 kilometres in the city centre to ensure better security. The U.S. embassy in France was officially represented in the parade.

Source: thestar July 02, 2016 20:30 UTC