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Homophobia forced me to leave my church and my country

By guest author, Maris Sants Here’s my plea to the people of Britain: Today, take pride in Pride London. The event will see thousands of people – gay and straight – flock onto the streets of the capital in a joyous celebration of love. The day will be marked by colour, glitz and glamour. It will be a wonderful advert for the tolerant nature of the people of the United Kingdom and will show how far lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights have come. Now that for me is reason enough to install a sense of pride. I should know I’ve seen the other side. I am from Latvia. And two weeks ago I quit my country to move to London. My reasons for leaving were not economic – I was operating a thriving psychotherapy business. Nor were they for family reasons – I am very close to my two children Krisjanis, 19, and Elizabeth, 16, and my... [read full story]                    

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