From Chennai to Mexico City, the world was colourful over the weekend.
The month of June is dedicated to the celebration of LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer) community. The legend has it that to honour the Stonewall riots of 1969, the Pride Parades are organised in this month. On June 28, 1969, gay community did spontaneous, violent demonstrations against a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn in the Greenwich Village neighbourhood of Manhattan, New York City.
Tennis legend Billie Jean King, pop star Lady Gaga, TV star Abby Jacobson, Parkland school shooting survivor Emma Gonzalez were part of the New York Pride Parade on Sunday.
The world saw itself wrapped in a rainbow over the weekend. Here's a glimpse of the celebration of love.
1. Mexico
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Temistocles Villanueva (C), MORENA candidate for the district of Cuauhtémoc in central Mexico City, takes part in a Gay Pride Parade in Mexico City, June 23, 2018. (REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini)
2. Chile
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A Drag Queen takes part in the Gay Pride Parade in Santiago on June 23, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / CLAUDIO REYES)
3. Greece
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Participants carry placards, flags and balloons as they take part in the seventh annual Gay Pride march in Thessaloniki, northern Greece on June 23, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Sakis MITROLIDIS)
4. Abbi Jacobson
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Abbi Jacobson attends the 2018 New York City Pride March on June 24, 2018 in New York City. (Steven Ferdman/Getty Images/AFP)
5. Billie Jean King
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Billie Jean King attends the 2018 New York City Pride March on June 24, 2018 in New York City. (Steven Ferdman/Getty Images/AFP)
6. Cynthia Nixon
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Democratic candidate for New York Governor and 'Sex and the City' star Cynthia Nixon marches with her wife Christine Marinoni in the 2018 New York City Pride Parade in Manhattan, New York, U.S., June 24, 2018. (REUTERS/Andrew Kelly)
7. Emma Gonzalez
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Parkland, Florida, school shooting survivor Emma Gonzales attends the 2018 New York City Pride Parade on June 24, 2018 as participants make their way down 7th Avenue in New York.(AFP PHOTO / TIMOTHY A. CLARY)
8. Ilana Glazer
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Ilana Glazer attends the 2018 New York City Pride March on June 24, 2018 in New York City. (Steven Ferdman/Getty Images/AFP)
9. Kamala Harris
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US Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) (L) waves to a cheering crowd during the San Francisco gay pride parade in San Francisco, California on June, 24, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Josh Edelson)
10. Lady Gaga
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Lady Gaga and Christian Carino are seen at the 2018 New York City Pride March on June 24, 2018 in New York City. (Richard Stabler/Getty Images/AFP)
11. Pride Parade in New York
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Revellers take part in the annual Pride Parade on June 24, 2018 in New York City. The first gay pride parade in the U.S. was held in Central Park on June 28, 1970. (Kena Betancur/Getty Images/AFP)
12. Pride Parade in Chennai
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Lesbian, Gays, Bi-Sexual and Transgenders (LGBT) community members along with their supporters take part in Chennai Rainbow Pride walk to mark the 10th year celebrations, in Chennai on Sunday, June 24, 2018. (PTI Photo)
13. Revellers enjoy Pride Parade
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Transgender people along with their supporters take part in Chennai Rainbow Pride walk. (PTI Photo)
14. Czech Republic
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The Czech government on June 22, 2018 backed draft legislation that would make the country the first post-communist member of the European Union to allow same-sex marriage. (AFP PHOTO / Michal CIZEK)
15. Germany
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Participants of the Christopher Street Day gay pride parade hold a poster reading "Walk with God, but gay!" as members of the LGBT community walk through the streets of Freiburg, southern Germany, on June 23, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Patrick Seeger)
