Spain was one of the first nations to legalize marriage equality when its parliament acted in 2005.
Above are participants from a 2015 event. Seoul hosted its first Pride parade in 2000. Above are participants during the 2019 Pride festival in Durbin. In 2006, South Africa became the first African country to legalize marriage equality. South Africa (© Rajesh Jantilal/AFP/Getty Images) The 2021 Bucharest Pride event above celebrated the 20th anniversary of the abolishment of Article 200, which authorized prison sentences of up to five years for same-sex relations in Romania. Above, a participant poses in a Pride rally in Kathmandu in 2013. Nepal enshrined several specific protections for LGBTQI+ people in its 2015 constitution. Above, the city’s Angel of Independence dominates the starting point of the 2019 parade. In 2009, Mexico City became one of the first Latin American jurisdictions to legalize marriage equality.
21,222 Gay pride rainbow flag pictures and royalty free photography available to search from thousands of stock photographers. Above, participants of a parade in Tokyo’s Shibuya district in 2017. Gay pride rainbow flag Stock Photos and Images. The LGBTQI+ community in Tokyo organizes for Pride annually. Above are participants from the 2021 event. Tel Aviv hosts large Pride celebrations each year. Above is a participant during the 2011 parade. Guatemala City had the country’s first Pride parade in 2000. Above are participants from the 2021 Berlin festival. The Berlin festival is called Christopher Street Day in memory of the Stonewall Uprising and the Stonewall Inn, which is located on Christopher Street. The previous law imposed up to seven years in prison for same-sex relationships. Gaborone’s 2019 Pride event was the first following a ruling by Botswana’s High Court that decriminalized same-sex relationships. Botswana (© Monirul Bhuiyan/AFP/Getty Images) Here are a few examples from around the world. Today’s Pride events emphasize the community’s desire for an end to discrimination, violence and stigma and support for equal rights and justice. In 1999, President Clinton declared that the United States would recognize June as Gay and Lesbian Pride Month.ĭuring the 2000s, activists - particularly in the United States - used Pride Month to draw attention to legal recognition of same-sex marriage, among other issues.