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Clement KASSER

UNCOVERED: Pride parade runs the gauntlet in german far right stronghold - Caught on Camera

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Organisers of Altenburg's pride parade see it as a way to push back against the far-right AfD (Credit: AFP)

Before the Pride parade by LGBTQ activists in the east German town of Altenburg even started, a small group had been hurling insults and flashing middle fingers at those present.

Far from Germany's metropolises with their huge, exuberant Pride festivities, Altenburg's parade was a reminder of the struggles faced by the LGBTQ community in more remote parts of the country -- and their fears over the rise of the far-right.

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