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.
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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.
People shout slogans during the annual LGBTQ+ Pride March in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, June 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
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 attend a "Pride and Hope Rally" LGBTQ+ Pride event in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, June 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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)
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)
Participants gather for the LGBTQ Pride Day, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Friday, June 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
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)
People take part in the Pride parade in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, June 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Parade members perform during the 53rd annual Chicago Pride Parade in Chicago, Sunday, June 30, 2024. (Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
A reveler marches along Fifth Avenue during the NYC Pride March, Sunday, June 30, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
People watch the NYC Pride March from a fire escape, Sunday, June 30, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
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)
People take part in the Pride parade in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, June 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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)
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 the Pride March in Vilnius, Lithuania, Saturday, June 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
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 annual Pride Parade in Sao Paulo, Sunday, June 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
A person shows his phone in the annual Pride parade in Jerusalem, Thursday, May 30, 2024.(AP Photo/Leo Correa)
A participant with body paint takes part in the Pride Parade in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, June 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
A participant takes part in the Pride Parade in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, June 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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 reveler takes part in the Pride March in Vilnius, Lithuania, Saturday, June 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
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)
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)
A reveler, wearing a rainbow-colored heart shape on his chest, takes part in a Pride parade marking the culmination of LGBTQ+ Pride month in Panama City, Saturday, June 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A reveler dances during the annual Gay Pride Parade in Sao Paulo, Sunday, June 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
A woman soldier wrapped in the LGBTQ+ flag attends a Pride march in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, June 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
A woman with rainbow colored lips attends the annual Gay Pride Parade in Quito, Ecuador, Saturday, June 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
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)
JoJo Siwa performs during the LA Pride in the Park festival at Los Angeles State Historic Park, Saturday, June 8, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Ricky Martin performs during the LA Pride in the Park festival at Los Angeles State Historic Park, Saturday, June 8, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
People take part in the Winnipeg Pride Parade, Sunday, June 2, 2024, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. (Daniel Crump/The Canadian Press via AP)
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)
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)
Girls kiss during the gay Pride parade in Vilnius, Lithuania, Saturday, June 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
People participate in the annual Pride parade in Jerusalem, Thursday, May 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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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)
People shout slogans during the annual LGBTQ+ Pride March in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, June 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
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 attend a "Pride and Hope Rally" LGBTQ+ Pride event in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, June 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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)
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)
Participants gather for the LGBTQ Pride Day, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Friday, June 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
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)
People take part in the Pride parade in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, June 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Parade members perform during the 53rd annual Chicago Pride Parade in Chicago, Sunday, June 30, 2024. (Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
A reveler marches along Fifth Avenue during the NYC Pride March, Sunday, June 30, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
People watch the NYC Pride March from a fire escape, Sunday, June 30, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
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)
People take part in the Pride parade in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, June 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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)
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 the Pride March in Vilnius, Lithuania, Saturday, June 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
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 annual Pride Parade in Sao Paulo, Sunday, June 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
A person shows his phone in the annual Pride parade in Jerusalem, Thursday, May 30, 2024.(AP Photo/Leo Correa)
A participant with body paint takes part in the Pride Parade in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, June 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
A participant takes part in the Pride Parade in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, June 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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 reveler takes part in the Pride March in Vilnius, Lithuania, Saturday, June 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
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)
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)
A reveler, wearing a rainbow-colored heart shape on his chest, takes part in a Pride parade marking the culmination of LGBTQ+ Pride month in Panama City, Saturday, June 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A reveler dances during the annual Gay Pride Parade in Sao Paulo, Sunday, June 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
A woman soldier wrapped in the LGBTQ+ flag attends a Pride march in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, June 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
A woman with rainbow colored lips attends the annual Gay Pride Parade in Quito, Ecuador, Saturday, June 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
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)
JoJo Siwa performs during the LA Pride in the Park festival at Los Angeles State Historic Park, Saturday, June 8, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Ricky Martin performs during the LA Pride in the Park festival at Los Angeles State Historic Park, Saturday, June 8, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
People take part in the Winnipeg Pride Parade, Sunday, June 2, 2024, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. (Daniel Crump/The Canadian Press via AP)
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)
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)
Girls kiss during the gay Pride parade in Vilnius, Lithuania, Saturday, June 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
People participate in the annual Pride parade in Jerusalem, Thursday, May 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
