Colors of Gay Pride in Stockholm and the gray of military parades during communism in Albania

Desada Metaj, a well known journalist of Klan Television of Albania had the opportunity to participate at the latest gay pride in Stockholm. She wrote her experience for “My Story” in a detailed article about this pride, and explained why this was considered to be one of the most distinguished happy manifestations in Sweden.

Please find her article below:

For Christer Wennerholm , the Vice Mayor of Stockholm is difficult to hide the emotions when he stands up in front of us and shares the story of his life, being divorced from a 12 years marriage and living normally after that, his homosexual love and relationship. He tries to look calm, though.

His son is a grown up student now, while Christer is one of the persons in charge for organizing the Stockholm’s Pride. This is the first meeting between him and us, the journalists from 12 foreigner countries, including Albania and myself who traveled there in order to document this kind of event, that has never happened in our cities or countries.