(Amir Cohen/Reuters)īerlin: Mayor Klaus Wowereit (first row 2nd R), U.S. Tel Aviv: A mini-bus drives past as municipality workers paint a pedestrian crossing in the colours of a rainbow flag before the annual Gay Pride parade June 8, 2012. (Megan Tan/Minneapolis Star Tribune/MCT)īaltimore: The annual Gay Pride parade along Charles Street June 16, 2012. Minneapolis: After traveling from Minnetonka, Minnesota, Rain Morehouse, 16, adds color to the crowd of sideline spectators at the 2012 Ashley Rukes GLBT Pride Parade Sunday, June 24, 2012. Istanbul: A participant blows a kiss during a gay pride parade June 24, 2012. About a thousand participants attended the Zagreb Gay Pride parade in the capital and largest city in Croatia. Zagreb: Riot police secure a gay pride parade June 16, 2012. New York: A marcher participates in the Gay Pride Parade on June 24, 2012. The annual event is meant to promote gay rights in this ex-Soviet state, now a member of the European Union, where publicly expressed negative views of homosexuality are common. Riga: A man is arrested after throwing eggs at participants in the Baltic Gay Pride parade on June 2, 2012. It was the first-ever LGBT event held at the Pentagon. Washington D.C.: Members of the audience listen during an event to observe the “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month” Jat the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. Thousands of gays, lesbians, transsexuals and supporters took part in the parade. Mexico City: A participant gestures during the Gay Pride Parade June 2, 2012. Thousands of members and supporters of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community took part in the event on Saturday. Monterrey: A participant takes part in a parade celebrating sexual diversity June 23, 2012. Warsaw: People hold a giant rainbow flag as they take part in a gay pride parade on June 2, 2012. Over 300 active Mormons and more than 5,000 members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community with their supporters marched in the parade as part of the Utah Pride Festival. Salt Lake City: Crystal Price (L) and her partner Jenni Anderson watch marchers in a gay pride parade June 3, 2012. New York: Marchers participate in the Gay Pride Parade on June 24, 2012. Istanbul: Riot police prevent nationalist demonstrators from obstructing a gay pride parade June 24, 2012. Several hundred participants attended the Split Gay Pride parade on the eastern shores of Croatia.
Split: Participants march during the second Gay Pride parade June 9, 2012. About 3 million people were expected to take part in the parade under the 2012 theme “Homophobia has cure.” (Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images) Sao Paulo: A huge rainbow flag is unfolded during the annual gay pride parade on June 10, 2012. Revelers paraded in the streets of Israel’s free-wheeling city of Tel Aviv, which has become a Mediterranean hotspot for gay tourism, ending their celebration with a party on the beach. Tel Aviv: Women hold a rainbow flag from a roof-top during an annual Gay Pride parade June 8, 2012. The placard reads, “I’m gay and I love.” (Henry Romero/Reuters) Thousand of gays, lesbians, transsexuals and supporters took part in the parade.
Mexico City: A participant holds up a placard during the Gay Pride Parade, in front of the Angel of Independence column June 2, 2012. The annual civil rights demonstration commemorates the Stonewall riots of 1969, which erupted after a police raid on a gay bar, the Stonewall Inn on Christopher Street. New York: Governor Andrew Cuomo (C-L) and NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn (C-R) march in the Gay Pride March on June 24, 2012. Guadalajara: A participant paints his face before taking part in a parade celebrating sexual diversity June 23, 2012.
(Jim Urquhart/Reuters)īaltimore: The High Heel race kicks off the parade along Charles Street June 16, 2012. Salt Lake City: Penelope Pap Smear, his parade name, marches in a gay pride parade June 3, 2012. President Barack Obama during an event to observe the “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month” Jat the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. Washington D.C.: Members of the audience watch a video message from U.S.