Athens Pride Organizers Condemn Group Displaying Nazi Symbols During PrideFest Parade

Nazis Disrupt Athens, Georgia Pride Parade

Atlanta’s CBS affiliate reports: Organizers of Athens PrideFest are condemning a group of individuals who displayed Nazi symbols and shouted hateful rhetoric during the city’s annual Pride celebration Saturday. According to Elliot Williamson, executive director of Athens Pride and Queer Collective, the incident happened during the Pride parade as thousands of attendees gathered downtown for the event. Williamson said the parade had already begun…

Neo-Nazis tried to disrupt a Pride event. It didn’t go quite as planned.

About 10 neo-Nazis wearing matching red and black outfits, sunglasses, and masks protested Athens Pridefest in Georgia last Saturday, while holding a black flag with a white swastika on it, delivering Nazi salutes, and reportedly shouting “Heil Hitler” along with racist and anti-gay slurs. Pride attendees booed them, recorded their activities, walked around them with a large banner to hide their hateful display, and yelled, “Show your face, you …

Swastika-waving neo-Nazi group disrupts Georgia LGBTQ+ Pride celebration

Attendees booed a group of masked men displaying Nazi imagery and allegedly shouting “Heil Hitler” during PrideFest in Athens.

Georgia Pride event is disrupted by men carrying swastika flag

Witnesses said members of the group performed Nazi salutes and shouted, "Heil Hitler," as they moved through the city during Athens PrideFest The post Georgia Pride event is disrupted by men carrying swastika flag appeared first on Attitude.

Georgia Pride march disrupted by group displaying swastika flag and Nazi salutes

An LGBTQ+ Pride celebration in Athens, Georgia, was disrupted over the weekend when a group of men carrying a Nazi swastika flag and shouting hate speech marched through the city’s downtown area. Videos obtained by Atlanta News First from the 6 June event showed individuals dressed in black and red carrying a large swastika flag while reportedly using homophobic, antisemitic and racist language. Witnesses said members of the group performed Nazi…

Athens Pride organizers condemn group displaying Nazi symbols during PrideFest parade

Organizers say a small group carrying swastika flags and shouting antisemitic, racist and anti-LGBTQ slurs briefly disrupted the celebration before leaving the area.