2012 Gay Pride parades worldwide

gay pride, parade, san francisco — AP Photo/Noah Berger

Mark Wilson carries a rainbow flag during San Francisco's 42nd annual gay pride parade on Sunday, June 24, 2012. Organizers say more than 200 floats, vehicles and groups of marchers took part in the parade.

gay pride, parade, new york — TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/GettyImages

Grand Marshall Cyndi Lauper rides down 5th Avenue during the 2012 New York City's Gay Pride in New York on June 24, 2012. The 43rd-annual parade with more than 500,000 people is part of Gay Pride week.

gay pride, parade, berlin — JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/GettyImages

Participants pose during the Berlin's annual Christopher Street Day (CSD) parade on June 23, 2012.

gay pride, parade, portugal — AP Photo/Francisco Seco

A reveler, holding a flag, walks past a church during the Gay Pride parade in Lisbon, Portugal, Saturday, June 23, 2012.

gay pride, parade, rome, italy — AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino

Demonstrators marches past ancient Colosseum during a Gay Pride Parade in Rome, Saturday, June 23, 2012.

gay pride, parade, greece — SAKIS MITROLIDIS/AFP/GettyImages

Participants of the first gay pride march through the city of Thessaloniki on June 23, 2012. Thousands of people took part in a march organized by Greece's gay and lesbian community in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki. The bishop of the city of Thessaloniki opposed the city's first-ever Gay Pride march this Friday and Saturday, calling the residents of the northern port city to protest the event, which is upheld in most cities of Europe to campaign against discrimination.

Cheer SF cheerleaders perform during San Francisco's 42nd annual gay pride parade on Sunday, June 24, 2012.

Lenny Broberg, an inspector with the San Francisco police department, hugs boyfriend Eric Kissenger while marching in San Francisco's 42nd annual gay pride parade on Sunday, June 24, 2012.

Anthony Rubio marched in the Gay Pride Parade with his dogs Kimba, left, and Bogart in New York, Sunday, June 24, 2012.

People protest against Russia's policies on homosexuality during Berlin's annual Christopher Street Day (CSD) parade on June 23, 2012.

Men in underwear wearing wings march in the Gay Pride Parade in New York, Sunday, June 24, 2012.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and his girlfriend Sandra Lee wave while marching in the Gay Pride Parade in New York, Sunday, June 24, 2012. The parade was held one year to the day of same-sex marriage being legalized in New York state.

Participants in the Gay Pride Parade laugh and wave flags from a military float in New York, Sunday, June 24, 2012.

Revelers with balloons create a human rainbow during San Francisco's 42nd annual Gay Pride Parade on Sunday, June 24, 2012.

A marcher rides down 5th Avenue during the 2012 New York Gay Pride parade in New York on June 24, 2012.