In two days there will be a Gay Pride festival in 2nd largest Croatian city. (Split)
In the capital it has been going on for ten years now.
http://www.facebook.com/lgbt.pride.splithttp://www.facebook.com/events/362951597082945/Last year, in Split a big group of hooligans pretending to be "footbal fans" has attacted gay people in the streets.
The police arrested more than 300 of them.
This particular city and area around it is a strange mixture of people from surrounding hills (typically considered to be right-wing, religious, backward, not too educated, stubborn) and great people from the city itself, with a tradition of Mediterranean openness, hospitality and intelligence. Roman emperor Diocletian lived there when he retired, for example...
This is a big political issue because we had elections half a year ago and lefties are in power now, so many ministers will join the Pride this year, including the minister of interior affairs.