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Thousands Rally After Shocking Attack on Trans Couple Rattles Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, Greek LGBTQ Community Defiant: ‘We Are Not Afraid’
An attack on a transgender couple by a mob of nearly 200 youths Saturday night has rattled the Greek doc fest, which has a spotlight on queer cinema.
A shocking attack on a transgender couple in plain view of hundreds Saturday night has rattled filmmakers and guests at this year’s Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, which has a spotlight on queer cinema as one of the focal points of its 26th edition. During the terrifying episode, which took place around 10:30 p.m. Saturday night, a mob of close to 200 black-clad youths cursed, spat and threw bottles as they pursued the couple across Aristotelous Square, whose historic Olympion theater hosts red carpet premieres during the Thessaloniki doc fest and its sister event in November. It is a society that feeds on hate, and this isn’t going to change any time soon,” adds conceptual artist and filmmaker Fil Ieropoulos, whose documentary “Avant-Drag!”, about the Athens drag scene, plays this week in Thessaloniki following its Rotterdam premiere.
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