WATCH: Moscow LGBT Demonstrators Attacked, Assailants Detained

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Police detained several armed men who attacked LGBT activists taking part in an International Women's Day rally in Moscow Saturday, website Queer Russia reports.

Roughly a dozen attackers threw eggs at the demonstrators and attempted to burn one of their placards. After police removed the assailants from the scene, it was discovered they were carrying knives, crowbars, and machetes, the site reports.

The LGBT contingent in the rally waved rainbow flags and carried placards denouncing sexism and homophobia. Police ordered the demonstrators to put away the rainbow flags but allowed them to display the signs. For several years, Moscow authorities have refused to allow pride celebrations or other LGBT-focused events to take place in the city, but the feminist rally had official permission.

Watch video of the incident below.

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Trudy Ring

Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.

Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.