In Portugal last Saturday, hearts were melting.

It was Pride in Porto, and as the city’s second annual march was winding through the ancient town’s cobblestoned streets, a parade-goer named Lily was singled out by an old gentleman in the doorway of his house.

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Lily explained in a TikTok backstory that she’s Portuguese and living in London. She had been in Porto for a few days with her girlfriend and her family. She said the couple decided to go to the march “because we’re gay and we can.”

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“There was a gentleman holding this [Portuguese] flag,” Lily recalled.

“He kept pointing at me and calling me,” she said. So she approached him.