Pictures: Pride parades around the globe
Participants of the Christopher Street Day (CSD) gay pride parade celebrate in Cologne, western Germany on July 4, 2010. Thousands of gays and lesbians marched through the streets of Cologne to demonstrate for equality and social acceptability. (Photo by Patrik Stollarz/AFP/Getty Images)
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Participants of the Christopher Street Day (CSD) gay pride parade celebrate in Cologne, western Germany on July 4, 2010. Thousands of gays and lesbians marched through the streets of Cologne to demonstrate for equality and social acceptability. (Photo by Patrik Stollarz/AFP/Getty Images)
Hundreds of activists take part in the Gay Parade in Caracas, July 4, 2010. (Photo by Miguel Gutierrez/AFP/Getty Images)
A reveler participates in the Gay Pride parade in Lima on July 10, 2010. Gays and lesbians marched through the streets of Lima. (Photo by Ernesto Benavides/AFP/Getty Images)
People sit on a float during the Gay Pride parade on July 10, 2010 in Marseille, southern France. Thousands of gays and lesbians marched through the streets of Marseille to demonstrate for equality and social acceptability. (Photo by Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP/Getty Images)
Turkish homosexuals and human rights activists chant slogans as they hold a giant rainbow flag during the Gay Pride Parade march on Istiklal Avenue in Istanbul, on June 27, 2010. (Photo by Mustafa Ozer/AFP/Getty Images)
A participant rejoices at the gay and lesbian pride parade in the centre of Barcelona on June 27, 2010. (Photo by Joesp Lago/AFP/Getty Images)
Parade attendees march in the 2010 New York City Gay Pride March on the streets of Manhattan on June 27, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Ben Hider/Getty Images)
Turkish homosexuals march during the Gay Pride Parade march on Istiklal Avenue in Istanbul, on June 27, 2010. (Photo by Mustafa Ozer/AFP/Getty Images)
A participant of the Christopher Street Day (CSD) gay pride parade looks on in Berlin on June 19, 2010. (Photo by Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images)
Two participants of the Christopher Street Day (CSD) gay pride parade kiss in Berlin on June 19, 2010. (Photo by Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images)
Parade attendees march in the 2010 New York City Gay Pride March on the streets of Manhattan on June 27, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Ben Hider/Getty Images)
A participant rejoices at the gay and lesbian pride parade in the centre of Barcelona on June 27, 2010. (Photo by Josep Lago/AFP/Getty Images)
Revelers take part in the annual Gay Pride Parade in Bogota on June 27, 2010 (Photo by Guillermo Legaria/AFP/Getty Images)
Participants in the 15th annual gay pride parade march, entitled ‘We are family!,’ march on July 3, 2010 in the center of Vienna. (Photo by Samuel Kubani/AFP/Getty Images)
Participants of the Christopher Street Day (CSD) gay pride parade celebrate in front of Berlin’s Memorial Church in Berlin on June 19, 2010. (Photo by Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images)
Participants march down Fitzroy Street during the 15th annual Gay Pride march through the streets of Melbourne on February 7, 2010 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)
Two men with painted bodies take part in the Christopher Street Day (CSD) gay and lesbian pride parade in the southern German city of Stuttgart on August 1, 2009. 200,000 people attended the event. (Photo by Michael Latz/AFP/Getty Images)
A participant in the Christopher Street Day (CSD) gay and lesbian pride parade poses for a photo in the southern German city of Stuttgart on August 1, 2009. 200,000 people attended the event. (Photo by Michael Latz/AFP/Getty Images)
Tatchell marches takes part in the annual Gay Pride street march through central London on July 4, 2009 in London, England. (Photo by Mark Wieland/Getty Images)
Participants enjoy the ‘Regenbogenparade’ (Rainbow Parade) with thousands of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender individuals, to ask the Austrian government for equal rights for gay relationships on July 4, 2009, in Vienna. (Photo by Dieter Nagl/AFP/Getty Images)
People take part in the annual Gay Pride street march through central London on July 4, 2009 in London, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
An activist takes part in the Gay Parade in Caracas, July 4, 2010. (Photo by Miguel Gutierrez/AFP/Getty Images)
LA Pride Festival Parade on June 14, 2009 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Valerie Macon/Getty Images)
A general view at the Los Angeles Pride Festival on June 14, 2009 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Angela Weiss/Getty Images)
LA Pride Festival Parade on June 14, 2009 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Valerie Macon/Getty Images)
A couple on their motorcycle make a statement about the contentious issue of gay marriage while participating in the annual New York City Gay Pride March on June 28, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Christmas Leubrie watches the gay pride parade June 28, 2009 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by David Paul Morris/Getty Images)
Members of the Mikes on Bikes start the gay pride parade June 28, 2009 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by David Paul Morris/Getty Images)
Two women take their picture as they get ready to participate in the gay pride parade June 28, 2009 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by David Paul Morris/Getty Images)