CHISINAU, May 9, 2008  –  Mayor Dorin Chirtoaca has banned the Gay Pride parade in the Moldovan capital.  The parade, part of “Rainbow over the Dniester” is scheduled to take place on Sunday (May 10). But Pride organisers, GenderDoc-M, say that the Mayor has no power to ban the march. According to the new Moldovan law on public manifestations, local authorities have no right to prohibit a public manifestation, GenderDoc-M say If the authorities have proof that there could be serious trouble at an event like Gay Pride march, then it is the decision of a court of law ...

It was just this morning when we reported that Moldova was about to witness its very first Gay Pride parade n Chisinau, the nation’s capital. Now we find that the mayor of Chisinau has banned the parade just two days before it was to take place. GenderDoc-M, the group that is organizing the parade, says that the mayor has no power to ban the march under a new Moldovan law on public manifestations. According to GenderDoc-M, if the authorities have proof that there could be serious trouble at an event, then a court decision is needed to impose a ban. ...

There’s some gay drama in Moldova, where Chisinau mayor Dorin Chirtoaca has banned this Sunday’s gay pride march. Like resistant and tenacious activists, however, the homos refuse to go-go: “According to the new Moldovan law on public manifestations, local authorities have no right to prohibit a public manifestation, [organizers] say. If the authorities have proof that there could be serious trouble at an event like Gay Pride march, then it is the decision of a court of law as to any ban.” [UK Gay News] ...