Photographs: Jonathan Alcorn/Reuters
Every June, members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community unite and organise pride festivals to commemorate the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York, one of the triggering incidents to bolster the gay rights movement in US and around the world.
The pride festivals also serve as foundations to demonstrate for legal rights of the LGBT community, such as same sex marriage and legal recognition.
Rediff.com presents pictures of an assortment of pride festivals ...
Around the World: Gay and PROUD of it!
Photographs: Amir Cohen/Reuters
People surround a float as it is driven down a street during an annual gay pride parade in Tel Aviv, Israel, on June 8.
Revelers paraded in the streets of Israel's free-wheeling city of Tel Aviv, which has become a Mediterranean hotspot for gay tourism, ending their celebration with a party on the beach.
Around the World: Gay and PROUD of it!
Photographs: Jonathan Alcorn/Reuters
Revellers wave as they travel in a float at the LA Pride parade in West Hollywood, California.
Around the World: Gay and PROUD of it!
Photographs: John Kolesidis/Reuters
A participant dances while taking part in a gay rights protest during an annual gay parade in central Athens, Greece, on June 9.
Around the World: Gay and PROUD of it!
Photographs: Antonio Bronic/Reuters
Participants with rainbow umbrellas attend the second gay pride parade in Split, Croatia, on June 9.
Several hundred participants attended the Split Gay Pride parade.
Around the World: Gay and PROUD of it!
Photographs: Jonathan Alcorn/Reuters
Revellers participate in the LA Pride parade in West Hollywood, California.
Around the World: Gay and PROUD of it!
Photographs: Antonio Bronic/Reuters
A participant waves a rainbow flag during the second gay pride parade in Split, Croatia, on June 9.
Around the World: Gay and PROUD of it!
Photographs: Antonio Bronic/Reuters
Participants march during the second gay pride parade in Split, Croatia.
Around the World: Gay and PROUD of it!
Photographs: Amir Cohen/Reuters
Participants smile at the camera during an annual gay pride parade in Tel Aviv, on June 8.
Around the World: Gay and PROUD of it!
Photographs: Jonathan Alcorn/Reuters
Two men ride a motorcycle in the LA Pride parade in West Hollywood, California.
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