After the pandemic ended, Pride’s events returned to many cities around the world on Sunday.
The streets were again filled with festivities and parades, but many others took place in drastically different moods.
Here’s a look at how Pride was celebrated around the world:
Celebrations in Canada
Toronto saw its first personal pride parade since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic on Sunday.
Before the weekend, organizers said the festival was working with private security companies to conduct inspections at designated locations.
They say additional measures are needed given the reported increase in LGBT incidents this month.
(Evan Mitsui / CBC) (Evan Mitsui / CBC)
Parades, protests in the United States
Thousands of people – many dressed in Pride colors – lined the Manhattan parade route, applauding as floats and demonstrators passed by.
The first Pride March in New York, then called the Christopher Street Liberation Day March, was held in 1970 to mark the first anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion, a spontaneous street uprising sparked by a police attack on a gay bar in Manhattan.
That protest spirit was alive again on Sunday, with many in the parade drawing attention to abortion rights following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Friday to overturn Rowe v. Wade, a remarkable 1973 ruling that provided constitutional protection for abortions in the country. almost 50 years.
(Brendan McDermid / Reuters) (Gina Moon / Reuters)
In San Francisco, some demonstrators and spectators held signs condemning the abortion court’s ruling.
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who rode in a convertible with a hammer and a rainbow fan, said the high turnout was a recognition that Americans support gay rights.
San Francisco’s first campaign was in 1972 and has been held every year since, except for the last two years of the COVID-19 pandemic.
(Carlos Baria / Reuters) (Carlos Baria / Reuters)
LGBT leaders fear that the Supreme Court’s decision threatens personal freedom beyond abortion rights. In the same opinion, Judge Clarence Thomas wrote that the court could review other precedents, specifically mentioning decisions protecting contraceptive rights, same-sex intimacy and gay marriage.
In Chicago, Mayor Lori Lightfoot – seen second from left in the first photo below – called the Supreme Court ruling a “momentary failure” and said Sunday’s events were “an opportunity for us not only to celebrate pride but also to be determined for battle”. . “
“We will not live in a world, not in my city, where our rights have been taken away or revoked,” said Lightfoot, Chicago’s first openly gay mayor and the first black woman to hold the post.
(Kamil Krzachinski / AFP / Getty Images) (Kamil Krzacinski / AFP / Getty Images)
Arrests in Turkey
Dozens of people have been detained in central Istanbul after city officials banned the parade.
Previously, Turkey was one of the few Muslim-majority countries to allow pride marches, but the country’s largest city banned the march in 2015. However, large crowds gather each year to mark the end of Pride Month.
Organizers said more than 100 people were arrested on Sunday. Images on social media show people being searched and boarded buses.
(Kemal Aslan / AFP / Getty Images) (Emra Gurel / Associated Press)
Mourning in Norway
The Prime Minister of Norway, pictured in the first photo below, and members of the royal family joined the mourners at the shooting memorial service as the capital held its annual Pride Festival.
A gunman opened fire in the center of Oslo’s nightlife early Saturday, killing two men and wounding more than 20 others in what the Norwegian security service called an “Islamist terrorist act”.
The capital’s pride parade was scheduled for Saturday, but was canceled. Police investigators said it was unclear whether hatred of people based on sexual orientation and gender identity motivated the attack.
(Javad Parsa / NTB / Associated Press) (Sergey Gritz / Associated Press)
Requests for inclusion in India
Along with the festivities, requests for inclusion were spotted at a pride parade in the southern Indian city of Chennai.
Marriage rights, adoption rights, property rights and better surrogacy laws were some of the demands of those present.
Same-sex relationships are considered taboo by many in socially conservative India, and although it no longer carries the previous sentence of up to 10 years in prison, other rights such as gay marriage are likely to be elusive.
(Arun Sankar / AFP / Getty Images) (Arun Sankar / AFP / Getty Images)
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