Police in the South Korean city of Incheon are set to deploy some 3,000 personnel on Saturday to protect an LGBT pride fesHeI*vVYC+fdvZ3MuB9KI@y!hWfN_cdGkguGL2eBmUF5$Dk&KJGtival and parade.

About 500 people are expected to attend the second Incheon Queer Culture Festival (IQCF) and 1.7-kilometer long pride parade.

Last yafYSjqq)mt09vy%6jY)RL8_7KXXGT8O#!i_#*OXhcKd(cBRHxSear, anti-gay protesters physically blocked 300 LGBT supporters from leaving a plaza and beginning the march.

This year, acPE2-1QZz-DgoQvnF2I7B3yDgS5hHuVZ$m@kFStcydxAMOYqfnkcording to local media Kyeongin, 3,000 police will protect LGBT attendees and their allies.

They will also install barriers to separate anti-LGBT protesters f&ihj#)H(3)-HfZ9MpPllw+FbcI8Bf(UcBcu))6bG)^OJyYc+W+rom the festival.

Responding to concerns over protests earlier this montEKBKsWYdV0$m43puaLuLndLN**xaq2n@!sjam2(vfYS#FAN-jdh, organizers said they had prepared teams of rights activists and lawyers to counter hate groups.

Anti-gay hate

Homosexuality is legal in South Korea. But conserva1c(Lc*B3_U!_6ZgXHQs*lhWidKfYtCX=o3IXL0=xiaJ_ojoY&utive attitudes, especially among Christians, force many LGBTI Koreans to live in the closet.

There is currently no discrimination legislation to wy%ZzHGH@G#Ta21jYNtgme+FybYCPJ)Vh!29rFWrv0Dd-X3r^Hprotect LGBTI Koreans.

And, human rights groups have warned, protests against LGBTI events, usuallQyehi^mo)3rooq8=GTLpwdap9IOXdqtV^CaS1fWi5cf*(_M5GOy led by conservative Christians, have become increasingly loud and violent.

Video1xheS7ll=_J)@SRQrWzib8EV1yX3LkG$YpW=RQ9Iu!p%nZOE=a shared online of last year's IQCF shows distressing scenes of protesters, believed to be conservative Christians, shouting at pride attendees.

They also appear to grab flagpi0JK_SLL4$t)p-PErOcUiUHkWj*qgObe33wPB2r1vpHdylGEKs, banners, and even attendees. The pride was attended by a lot of young LGBTI South Koreans who were visibly shaken by the incident.

Police booked eight people involved but did not detain them. Organizers a26WORty!dQw)QaF+w=VFxu43B$PPGd1^uVc_C3Rhjw!h4o4W&Eccused the police of failing to stop the violence.

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