Loud and Proud

Global Gay Pride: Celebrations Around the World

The first march celebrating gay pride took place on June 28, 1970, organized by New York City’s LGBT population a year after the Stonewall Riots, which is cited as the event that kick started the gay rights movement in America. What began as a political weapon against homophobia in the U.S., is now a worldwide series of parades and festivals uniting the LGBT community in the name of acceptance and expression.

Keep clicking to check out photos from some of the biggest parties on the planet. (Photos: AP)

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Loud and Proud The first march celebrating gay pride took place on June 28, 1970, organized by New York City’s LGBT population a year after the Stonewall Riots, which is cited as the event that kick started the gay rights movement in America. What began as a political weapon against homophobia in the U.S., is now a worldwide series of parades and festivals uniting the LGBT community in the name of acceptance and expression.
Keep clicking to check out photos from some of the biggest parties on the planet. (Photos: AP)

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San Francisco 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. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

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Rome Demonstrators marches past ancient Colosseum during a Gay Pride Parade in Rome, Saturday, June 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

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Key West In this photo released by the Florida Keys News Bureau, revelers carry a 100-foot-long rainbow flag, a symbol of gay pride, down Duval Street in Key West, Fla., Sunday, June 10, 201. (AP Photo/Florida Keys News Bureau, Carol Tedesco)

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Portugal A reveler, holding a flag, walks past a church during the Gay Pride parade in Lisbon, Saturday, June 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

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New York City People cheer as floats pass by during 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. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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New York City People cheer as floats pass by during 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. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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Brazil People participate in a Gay Pride Parade in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, June 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

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Greece A Drag Queen performer poses for photos during a Gay Pride event march past the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in front of the Greek Parliament in central Athens, Greece, on Saturday, June 9, 2012. About 1,000 people took part in the march. (AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis)

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Croatia Gay rights activists with rainbow flags attend a Gay Pride march in Split, Croatia, Saturday, June 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Nikola Solic)

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Mexico City A person in costume participates in a gay pride parade in Mexico City, Saturday, June 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

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Latvia Participants in a gay pride parade march braving heavy rain in a street in downtown Riga, Latvia, Saturday, June 2, 2012. Several hundred activists from the Baltic states and neighboring countries braved rain and hail to participate in an annual parade in defense of gay and lesbian rights in Latvia. (AP Photo/Roman Koksarov)

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Nicaragua A transgender poses for a picture with a gay pride flag during a march on International Day Against Homophobia in Managua, Nicaragua, Thursday, May 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

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Cuba People wave a giant gay pride flag before the start of a parade marking the upcoming International Day Against Homophobia, in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, May 12, 2012. International Day Against Homophobia is celebrated globally on May 17 commemorating the World Health Organization's declassification of homosexuality as a mental illness. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)

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Tel Aviv Israelis and tourists dance during the annual Gay Pride parade in Tel Aviv's beach, Israel, Friday, June 8, 2012. Colorful floats with scantily dressed revelers drove through the streets as thousands cheered, waved flags and gyrated to loud music. Earlier this year, Tel Aviv was picked by readers of the travel website Gaycities as the top gay destination, ahead of Amsterdam and San Francisco.(AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

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