Gay Pride Parades around the world
People dance in the annual LGBTQI Pride Parade on June 25, 2017 in San Francisco.
LGBTQI activists and advocates in countries across the globe joined to celebrate diversity and free expression as part of Pride Week.
Chicago
People celebrate the 48th annual Gay and Lesbian Pride Parade on June 25, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois.
Chicago
People celebrate the 48th annual Gay and Lesbian Pride Parade on June 25, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois.
Chicago
People celebrate the 48th annual Gay and Lesbian Pride Parade on June 25, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois.
Chicago
People celebrate the 48th annual Gay and Lesbian Pride Parade on June 25, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois.
San Francisco
David Patterson walks on stilts along the San Francisco Pride parade route in San Francisco, on Sunday, June, 25, 2017.
San Francisco
"Church Ladies for Gay Rights" march in the annual LGBTQI Pride Parade on Sunday, June 25, 2017 in San Francisco, California.
San Francisco
A contingent from the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence participates in the annual LGBTQI Pride Parade on Sunday, June 25, 2017 in San Francisco, California.
San Francisco
A man raises a fist while marching along the parade route during the San Francisco Pride parade in San Francisco, California on Sunday, June, 25, 2017. Many marchers in the U.S. expressed a defiant tone against the Trump administration.
San Francisco
People march in the annual LGBTQI Pride Parade on Sunday, June 25, 2017 in San Francisco, California.
New York City
People march in the annual New York Gay Pride Parade, one of the oldest and largest in the world, in the West Village in Manhattan on June 25, 2017 in New York City.
New York City
People cheer for marchers walking down 5th Ave. in the annual New York Gay Pride Parade, one of the oldest and largest in the world on June 25, 2017 in New York City.
New York City
Two female police officers embrace as people march down 5th Ave. in the annual New York Gay Pride Parade, one of the oldest and largest in the world on June 25, 2017 in New York City.
New York City
Visitors look at a memorial at the Stonewall Inn, which has been designated a National Monument, on June 27, 2016 in New York. A gay bar in the late 1960s, it was the scene of riots in 1969 when gay activists protested police raids, launching the gay rights movement in New York City and elsewhere.
New York City
Participants in the annual New York Gay Pride Parade, one of the oldest and largest in the world, march in the West Village in Manhattan on June 25, 2017 in New York City.
Costa Rica
A reveler takes part in the Gay Pride Parade in San Jose, on June 25, 2017.
Mexico
Participants carry a rainbow flag during the Gay Pride Parade in Mexico City, Mexico June 24, 2017.
Mexico
Participants are seen during the Gay Pride Parades in Mexico City, Mexico June 24, 2017.
Mexico
Participants hold up rainbow flags during the Gay Pride Parade in Mexico City, Mexico June 24, 2017.
Mexico
A participant performs during the Gay Pride Parade in Mexico City, Mexico June 24, 2017.
Mexico
People take part in the Gay Pride Parade in Mexico City, on June 24, 2017.
Mexico
Canadian Ambassador Pierre Alarie (left), British Ambassador Duncan Taylor (center), and U.S. Ambassador Roberta Jacobson take part in the Gay Pride Parade in Mexico City, Mexico June 24, 2017.
El Salvador
Revelers participate in the Gay Pride Parade in San Salvador, El Salvador, June 24, 2017.
El Salvador
People attend the Gay Pride Parade in San Salvador, El Salvador, June 24, 2017.
El Salvador
Revelers take part in the Gay Pride Parade in San Salvador, El Salvador, June 24, 2017.
El Salvador
A reveler takes part in the Gay Pride Parade in San Salvador, on June 24, 2017.
El Salvador
Revelers take part in the Gay Pride Parade in San Salvador, on June 24, 2017.
El Salvador
People attend the Gay Pride Parade in San Salvador, El Salvador, June 24, 2017.
El Salvador
People attend the Gay Pride Parade in San Salvador, El Salvador, June 24, 2017.
France
People take part in the Gay Pride Parade in Paris on June 24, 2017. 2017 marks the 40th anniversary of the first Gay Pride March in the French capital.
France
A participant poses for a photograph while taking part in the annual Gay Pride Parade in Paris, France June 24, 2017.
France
People take part in the Gay Pride Parade in Paris on June 24, 2017.
France
Participants pose for a photograph as they take part in the annual Gay Pride Parade in Paris, France June 24, 2017.
France
Activists dance while taking part in the Gay Pride Parade in Paris on June 24, 2017.
France
An activist poses in costume while taking part in the Gay Pride Parade in Paris on June 24, 2017.
France
Activists pose in costume while taking part in the Gay Pride Parade in Paris on June 24, 2017.
France
Participants take part in the annual Gay Pride Parade in Paris, France June 24, 2017.
India
Indian members of the LGBT community take part in a pride parade, calling for freedom from discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation, in Chennai on June 25, 2017.
Guatemala
Revelers kisses before taking part in the annual Gay Pride Parade in Guatemala City's historical center, Saturday, June 24, 2017.
Guatemala
A reveler takes part in the Gay Pride Parade in Guatemala City, on June 24, 2017.
South Africa
Members of the South African Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) community chant slogans as they take part in the annual Gay Pride Parade, as part of the three-day Durban Pride Festival, on June 24, 2017 in Durban.
Brazil
Revelers take part in the Gay Pride Parade along Paulista Avenue in Sao Paulo, Brazil June 18, 2017.
Brazil
Revelers take part in the Gay Pride Parade along Paulista Avenue in Sao Paulo, Brazil June 18, 2017.
Brazil
Revelers take part in the Gay Pride Parade along Paulista Avenue in Sao Paulo, Brazil June 18, 2017.
Ukraine
Gay and lesbian rights activists demonstrate as participants of the annual Gay Pride Parade wave from a float in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, June 18, 2017. Around five thousand gays and lesbians activists and associations paraded in the center of Kiev.
Turkey
In Istanbul, Turkey, a plainclothes police officer kicks an LGBT rights activist as Turkish police prevent the annual Gay Pride Parade from going forward, on June 25, 2017, a day after it was banned by the city governor's office (for the third year in a row) citing safety and public order concerns.
Police fired rubber bullets at a group of around 40 activists, an AFP journalist reported.
Turkey
Turkish nationalists confront LGBT rights activists who are trying to go ahead with the annual Gay Pride Parade on June 25, 2017 in Istanbul, a day after it was banned by the city governor's office.
Police used checkpoints to prevent groups from entering Istiklal Avenue, and turned back people they thought were associated with the march. Police also used tear gas to disperse crowds, the Associated Press reported.
In the Cihangir neighborhood, at least 100 protesters beat drums and chanted, "Don't be quiet, shout out, gays exist!"
Serbia
People march during the Gay Pride Parade on June 24, 2017 in Belgrade. The march was held without incidents amid tight security, as hundreds of riot police officers were deployed in the city center.
Portugal
Participants kiss during a Gay Pride Parade in downtown Lisbon, Portugal June 17, 2017.
Portugal
Participants march during a Gay Pride Parade in downtown Lisbon, Portugal June 17, 2017.
Israel
Israelis take part in the first annual Gay Pride Parade in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba, on June 22, 2017. Hundreds of Israelis marched in Beersheba's first Gay Pride event after the head of the southern police district approved plans for the event.