Editing Zebra crossing (section)

===Rainbow crossings===
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[[File:Rainbow pelican crossing (48328687426).jpg|thumb|A rainbow crossing in London, England]]
A zebra crossing immediately outside the Russian Embassy in [[Helsinki]] was painted in summer 2013 with the colours of the rainbow to protest the Russian government's policy towards lesbian and gay people, the rainbow being one symbol of the [[LGBT culture]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Rainbow zebra crossing protest at Russian embassy|language=en|work=Yle Uutiset|url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/rainbow_zebra_crossing_protest_at_russian_embassy/6819547|url-status=live|access-date=2018-07-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728035647/https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/rainbow_zebra_crossing_protest_at_russian_embassy/6819547|archive-date=2018-07-28}}</ref>

A similar protest has also been made on a zebra crossing near the Russian Embassy in [[Stockholm]], Sweden.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2013-08-11|title=Crosswalk at Russian Embassy in Sweden Painted Rainbow Colors in Protest of Anti-Gay Laws: PHOTO - Towleroad Gay News|language=en-US|work=Towleroad Gay News|url=http://www.towleroad.com/2013/08/crosswalk-at-russian-embassy-in-sweden-painted-rainbow-colors-in-protest-of-anti-gay-laws-photo/|url-status=live|access-date=2018-07-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728041220/http://www.towleroad.com/2013/08/crosswalk-at-russian-embassy-in-sweden-painted-rainbow-colors-in-protest-of-anti-gay-laws-photo/|archive-date=2018-07-28}}</ref>

In 2018 in Paris, the authorities decided to paint some crossings with rainbow borders for the [[Pride parade|Pride]]; those were supposed to be temporary, but after homophobic vandalism, the municipality declared that the rainbow stripes would remain permanently.<ref>{{Cite web|last=BFMTV|title=Les passages piétons arc-en-ciel à nouveau vandalisés à Paris|url=https://www.bfmtv.com/police-justice/les-passages-pietons-arc-en-ciel-a-nouveau-vandalises-a-paris-1480518.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629164236/https://www.bfmtv.com/police-justice/les-passages-pietons-arc-en-ciel-a-nouveau-vandalises-a-paris-1480518.html|archive-date=2018-06-29|access-date=2018-07-27|website=BFMTV|language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=BFMTV|title=Des passages piétons aux couleurs LGBT seront permanents à Paris|url=https://www.bfmtv.com/societe/des-passages-pietons-aux-couleurs-lgbt-seront-permanents-a-paris-1479436.html#content/contribution/edit|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628063509/https://www.bfmtv.com/societe/des-passages-pietons-aux-couleurs-lgbt-seront-permanents-a-paris-1479436.html#content/contribution/edit|archive-date=2018-06-28|access-date=2018-07-27|website=BFMTV|language=fr-FR}}</ref>