This year, the city was blooming with rainbow colors, just like here at San Francisco International airport or at the City Hall.įiesta fiesta in the streets of Mexico City ! Every year, more and more people attend the Pride parade, almost one million this year. Gay pride, every last weekend of June, is one of the biggest gay events of the city, with Folsom Street Fair in November.
San Francisco remains the gay "capital" of the world, with the Castro gay neighborhood and the memory of Harvey Milk. Google is one of another friendly brands that took a stand this June, with a redesigned Google logo and a special branding for some of its pages. Last year, Starbucks CEO had told his shareholder that if they did not agree with the company's gay-marriage support, they could just sell their shares. This year, Starbiucks decided to raise the rainbow flag over its headquarters in Seattle. For many big companies, it is an opportunity to reach out to the LGBT community. After the parade, the participants had the chance to see a real rainbow over the city. A great mass wedding was celebrated in Toronto on the occasion of this 2014 World Pride, allowing 110 gay couples from around the world to officially tie the knot. Two years after London, the city of Toronto in Canada was hosting World Pride this year. And for the first time, the City Hall was decorated with rainbow flags. Another record was broken this year with 26,000 attendees despite the threats from religious groups ahead of the demonstration.ĭespite a rainy and wintery weekend, Paris showed a happy face on June 28 for Pride with hundreds of thousands marching and claiming more rights one year after gay mariage bill was passed. Pink Dot is an annual event that gathers every year thousands of people against the criminalization of homosexuality in Singapore. These gorgeous pictures come from Singapore. A striking and moving scenery in the Telavivian night. The Tel Aviv municipality had transformed its huge front into a giant rainbow flag, with hundreds of colored leds. This very powerful picture enraged some of the most conservative groups in the US. On June 11, for Tel Aviv Pride, the American Ambassador in Israël decides to raise the rainbow flag above the American Embassy in Tel Aviv. This is a good opportunity to revisit some of the most striking pictures that were shot during this pride month. But let's say the most spectacular or most significant are now behind us. There are still a few gay pride parades and festivals to come, as in Amsterdam, Stockholm or Manchester.