AP PHOTOS: Parties, protests and parades mark a vibrant Pride around the world
The monthlong celebration of LGBTQ+ Pride reached its exuberant grand finale on Sunday, bringing rainbow-laden revelers to the streets for marquee parades across the U.S., to events in Asia, North and South America, and Europe.
The wide-ranging festivities were both jubilant parties and political protests, as participants recognize the community’s gains while also calling attention to recent anti-LGBTQ+ laws, such as bans on transgender health care, passed by Republican-led states.
The selection was curated by AP photo editor Courtney Dittmar in Tokyo.
Girls kiss during the gay Pride parade in Vilnius, Lithuania, Saturday, June 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
The Pittsburgh Pride Parade 2024 makes its way across the Andy Warhol Bridge in downtown Pittsburgh, Saturday, June 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Participants of the Capital Pride Parade wave from a float during the annual celebrations of the LGBTQ+ community and supporters in Washington, Saturday, June 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
People take part in the Winnipeg Pride Parade, Sunday, June 2, 2024, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. (Daniel Crump/The Canadian Press via AP)
Festivalgoers react to music during the LA Pride in the Park concert at Los Angeles State Historic Park, Saturday, June 8, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
A woman with rainbow colored lips attends the annual Gay Pride Parade in Quito, Ecuador, Saturday, June 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
A woman soldier wrapped in the LGBTQ+ flag attends a Pride march in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, June 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Spectators cheer for beads during the St. Pete Pride festival, Saturday, June 22, 2024 in St. Petersburg, Fla. (Luis Santana/Tampa Bay Times via AP)
People take part in the Equality Parade, a yearly Pride parade, in the Polish capital, in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday, June 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
A reveler takes part in the Pride March in Vilnius, Lithuania, Saturday, June 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
A participant smiles during the annual Pride parade, marking the culmination of LGBTQ+ Pride month, in Mexico City, Saturday, June 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Aurea Del Rosario)
A person shows his phone in the annual Pride parade in Jerusalem, Thursday, May 30, 2024.(AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Revelers take part in the annual Pride Parade in Sao Paulo, Sunday, June 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Participants pose for a souvenir photo during the 25th Seoul Queer Culture Festival, which is held from May 27 to June 18, in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, June 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Revelers take part in the Pride March in Vilnius, Lithuania, Saturday, June 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
Participants carry a rainbow banner as thousands march in the annual Pride Parade in Sao Paulo, Sunday, June 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Revelers take part in a Pride parade marking the culmination of LGBTQ+ Pride month, in Panama City, Saturday, June 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
People take part in the Pride parade in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, June 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
A reveler takes part in EuroPride, a pan-European international LGBTQ+ event featuring a Pride parade, which is hosted in a different European city each year, in the northern port city of Thessaloniki, Greece, Saturday, June 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)
Parade members perform during the 53rd annual Chicago Pride Parade in Chicago, Sunday, June 30, 2024. (Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
People take part in the Pride parade in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, June 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Hellen Graciela and Leidiane Alves pose for a photo as they wait to be joined in matrimony at a same-sex mass wedding ceremony organized to mark Pride Month in Goiania, Brazil, Friday, June 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Participants gather for the LGBTQ Pride Day, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Friday, June 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
Revelers sit on a bench during a Pride parade marking the culmination of LGBTQ+ Pride month, in Panama City, Saturday, June 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A parade participant gestures during the San Francisco Pride Parade in San Francisco, Sunday, June 30, 2024. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group via AP)
People attend a “Pride and Hope Rally” LGBTQ+ Pride event in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, June 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
A reveler, who goes by the name Cat, strikes a pose during a Pride parade marking the culmination of LGBTQ+ Pride month, in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, June 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
People shout slogans during the annual LGBTQ+ Pride March in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, June 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
A participant with a rainbow painted on his face takes part in the Pride Parade in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, June 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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