A rally to commemorate the death of LGBTIQ activist Zak Kostopoulos three years ago concluded peacefully on Tuesday evening in downtown Athens.
Participants – who included organizations, collectives of the LGBTIQ community, feminist groups and Left and antiestablishment members – marched to Syntagma Square and spelled out his name with lit candles outside Parliament.
In a joint statement, organisations said that they were marching “to shout out against his unjust treatment and to defend his/her name, our own lives, our safety, our bodies – to claim our right to exist without fear and shame, our right to love.
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