Celebrities and politicians joined thousands of parade-goers at the fifth annual LGBTI rights march.

When Cyd Ho, a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, went up onto the platform to show her support for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community, the 2013 Hong Kong Pride Parade reached its climax with thousands of people’s cheers.

‘The government’s support means a lot to us,’ said Abby Lee, one of the organizers of the 9 November event held at the Victoria Park.

‘I hope to have more people to push the government to be more active and supportive of LGBT community.’

Lee said a sign of government support was paramount since they recently scrapped an anti-discrimination law.

‘This is really bad. This is against UN regulation. So we have representatives who went to Geneva earlier this year to speak about this, but we do not have reactions from the government,’ Lee added.

The theme for this year’s parade was: ‘We stand for love. We stand for LGBT.’

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