Montenegro's first successful gay pride march drew about 150 supporters of same-sex rights....and nearly 2, 000 police to protect them.
The half-hour march through the capital, Podgorica, was tense but incident free.
It was a different story at the end of the event.
Scuffles erupted between police and people opposed to same-sex rights.
Police used tear gas to disperse them.
Popular sentiment in Montenegro, like many of the other conservative patriarchal societies of the Balkans, remains largely anti-gay.
Montenegro is hoping to be next in line to join the European Union after neighbouring Croatia.
Before that can happen it has to show its readiness to protect human rights.
