AP PHOTOS: Rainbows around the world as LGBTQ+ Pride is celebrated throughout June
AP PHOTOS: Rainbows around the world as LGBTQ+ Pride is celebrated throughout June
A reveler poses for a photo during the annual Gay Pride Parade in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, June 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Tuane Fernandes)
Participants dance during the annual Gay Pride Parade in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, June 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Tuane Fernandes)
Participants take part in the annual Gay Pride Parade in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, June 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Tuane Fernandes)
People participate in a Pride party as part of the annual Pride Week events in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, June 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
People participate in the annual Pride Parade in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, June 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
A reveler smiles during the annual Gay Pride Parade in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, June 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Tuane Fernandes)
A participant takes part in the Pride Parade in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, June 4, 2023. Thousands of Thai and foreigners are taking part in the parade. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Dancers perform on a stage during the Stonewall Pride Parade and Street Festival, Saturday, June 17, 2023, in Wilton Manors, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
People participate in the annual Pride Parade in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, June 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Participants take part in the Pride Parade in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, June 4, 2023. Thousands of Thai and foreigners will take part. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
People take part in Poland’s yearly Pride parade, known as the Equality Parade, in Warsaw, Poland, on Saturday June 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
People shout slogans during a march in support of transgender people and their rights as part of the LGBTQ Pride week in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, June 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
People dance during the Queer Juneteenth Block Party, sponsored by The Center, Sunday, June 18, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Jeenah Moon)
Drag performer Neon Calypso sings and dances to Tina Turner’s version of the song “Proud Mary,” during a Pride Month Celebration, Wednesday, June 7, 2023, in front of the Statehouse, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
A participant dances in an annual pride parade in Mumbai, India, Saturday, June 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
A image for the Pride Parade is displayed on the video board during San Francisco Giants’ Pride Day as Chicago Cubs pitcher Kyle Hendricks, bottom, warms up during the third inning of a baseball game between the Giants and the Chicago Cubs in San Francisco, Saturday, June 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
People take part in the Zurich Pride parade in Zurich, Switzerland, on Saturday, June 17, 2023. (Michael Buholzer/Keystone via AP)
People walk through the streets for the rights of the LGBTQ+ community, during the Geneva Pride march, in Geneva, Switzerland, Saturday, June 10, 2023. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)
A participant smiles during an annual pride parade in Mumbai, India, Saturday, June 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
Derrick McKissack takes a selfie with the Murfreesfurs during the Nashville Pride Parade Saturday, June 24, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Revelers celebrate during San Francisco’s Pride Parade on Sunday, June 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
A participant poses for a photo during the NYC Pride March, Sunday, June 25, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
The Pittsburgh Pride parade, celebrating 50 years of Pittsburgh Pride, crosses the Andy Warhol bridge from downtown Pittsburgh, Saturday, June 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
People listen as President Joe Biden speaks at a Pride Month celebration on the South Lawn of the White House, Saturday, June 10, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Participants wearing Star Wars costumes participate in the Pride Parade in Salt Lake City on Sunday, June 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Participants march at the Christopher Street Day Pride Parade in Duesseldorf, Germany, Saturday, June 10, 2023. June marks the beginning of Pride month in the U.S. and many parts of the world, a season intended to celebrate the lives and experiences of LGBTQ+ communities and to protest against attacks on hard-won civil rights gains. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
People participate in the annual Pride parade, in Athens, Saturday, June 10, 2023. June marks the beginning of Pride month in the U.S. and many parts of the world, a season intended to celebrate the lives and experiences of LGBTQ+ communities and to protest against attacks on hard-won civil rights gains. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)
A group memorializing transgender people who died because of bias or hate in the U.S. marches in the Pride parade, Saturday, June 10, 2023, in Boston. The biggest Pride parade in New England returned on Saturday after a three-year hiatus, with a fresh focus on social justice and inclusion rather than corporate backing. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
A couple hold hands at they leave the Pride Parade, Saturday, June 10, 2023, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Rita LaRue looks on from the Lambert House float while participating in the annual Seattle Pride Parade, Sunday, June 25, 2023, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
People participate in the annual Pride march in Santiago, Chile, Sunday, June 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
Sister Castrata Sigmata of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Abbey of St. Joan, poses for a photo during the annual Seattle Pride Parade, Sunday, June 25, 2023, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Revelers march during the NYC pride parade on Sunday, June 25, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
Revelers fill Market St. while marching in San Francisco’s Pride Parade on Sunday, June 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
A reveler poses for a photo during the annual Gay Pride Parade in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, June 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Tuane Fernandes)
A reveler poses for a photo during the annual Gay Pride Parade in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, June 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Tuane Fernandes)
Participants dance during the annual Gay Pride Parade in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, June 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Tuane Fernandes)
Participants dance during the annual Gay Pride Parade in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, June 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Tuane Fernandes)
Participants take part in the annual Gay Pride Parade in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, June 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Tuane Fernandes)
Participants take part in the annual Gay Pride Parade in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, June 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Tuane Fernandes)
People participate in a Pride party as part of the annual Pride Week events in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, June 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
People participate in a Pride party as part of the annual Pride Week events in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, June 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
People participate in the annual Pride Parade in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, June 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
People participate in the annual Pride Parade in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, June 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
A reveler smiles during the annual Gay Pride Parade in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, June 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Tuane Fernandes)
A reveler smiles during the annual Gay Pride Parade in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, June 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Tuane Fernandes)
A participant takes part in the Pride Parade in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, June 4, 2023. Thousands of Thai and foreigners are taking part in the parade. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
A participant takes part in the Pride Parade in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, June 4, 2023. Thousands of Thai and foreigners are taking part in the parade. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Dancers perform on a stage during the Stonewall Pride Parade and Street Festival, Saturday, June 17, 2023, in Wilton Manors, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Dancers perform on a stage during the Stonewall Pride Parade and Street Festival, Saturday, June 17, 2023, in Wilton Manors, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
People participate in the annual Pride Parade in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, June 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
People participate in the annual Pride Parade in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, June 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Participants take part in the Pride Parade in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, June 4, 2023. Thousands of Thai and foreigners will take part. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Participants take part in the Pride Parade in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, June 4, 2023. Thousands of Thai and foreigners will take part. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
People take part in Poland’s yearly Pride parade, known as the Equality Parade, in Warsaw, Poland, on Saturday June 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
People take part in Poland’s yearly Pride parade, known as the Equality Parade, in Warsaw, Poland, on Saturday June 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
People shout slogans during a march in support of transgender people and their rights as part of the LGBTQ Pride week in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, June 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
People shout slogans during a march in support of transgender people and their rights as part of the LGBTQ Pride week in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, June 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
People dance during the Queer Juneteenth Block Party, sponsored by The Center, Sunday, June 18, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Jeenah Moon)
People dance during the Queer Juneteenth Block Party, sponsored by The Center, Sunday, June 18, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Jeenah Moon)
Drag performer Neon Calypso sings and dances to Tina Turner’s version of the song “Proud Mary,” during a Pride Month Celebration, Wednesday, June 7, 2023, in front of the Statehouse, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Drag performer Neon Calypso sings and dances to Tina Turner’s version of the song “Proud Mary,” during a Pride Month Celebration, Wednesday, June 7, 2023, in front of the Statehouse, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
A participant dances in an annual pride parade in Mumbai, India, Saturday, June 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
A participant dances in an annual pride parade in Mumbai, India, Saturday, June 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
A image for the Pride Parade is displayed on the video board during San Francisco Giants’ Pride Day as Chicago Cubs pitcher Kyle Hendricks, bottom, warms up during the third inning of a baseball game between the Giants and the Chicago Cubs in San Francisco, Saturday, June 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
A image for the Pride Parade is displayed on the video board during San Francisco Giants’ Pride Day as Chicago Cubs pitcher Kyle Hendricks, bottom, warms up during the third inning of a baseball game between the Giants and the Chicago Cubs in San Francisco, Saturday, June 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
People take part in the Zurich Pride parade in Zurich, Switzerland, on Saturday, June 17, 2023. (Michael Buholzer/Keystone via AP)
People take part in the Zurich Pride parade in Zurich, Switzerland, on Saturday, June 17, 2023. (Michael Buholzer/Keystone via AP)
People walk through the streets for the rights of the LGBTQ+ community, during the Geneva Pride march, in Geneva, Switzerland, Saturday, June 10, 2023. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)
People walk through the streets for the rights of the LGBTQ+ community, during the Geneva Pride march, in Geneva, Switzerland, Saturday, June 10, 2023. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)
A participant smiles during an annual pride parade in Mumbai, India, Saturday, June 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
A participant smiles during an annual pride parade in Mumbai, India, Saturday, June 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
Derrick McKissack takes a selfie with the Murfreesfurs during the Nashville Pride Parade Saturday, June 24, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Derrick McKissack takes a selfie with the Murfreesfurs during the Nashville Pride Parade Saturday, June 24, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Revelers celebrate during San Francisco’s Pride Parade on Sunday, June 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Revelers celebrate during San Francisco’s Pride Parade on Sunday, June 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
A participant poses for a photo during the NYC Pride March, Sunday, June 25, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
A participant poses for a photo during the NYC Pride March, Sunday, June 25, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
The Pittsburgh Pride parade, celebrating 50 years of Pittsburgh Pride, crosses the Andy Warhol bridge from downtown Pittsburgh, Saturday, June 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
The Pittsburgh Pride parade, celebrating 50 years of Pittsburgh Pride, crosses the Andy Warhol bridge from downtown Pittsburgh, Saturday, June 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
People listen as President Joe Biden speaks at a Pride Month celebration on the South Lawn of the White House, Saturday, June 10, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
People listen as President Joe Biden speaks at a Pride Month celebration on the South Lawn of the White House, Saturday, June 10, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Participants wearing Star Wars costumes participate in the Pride Parade in Salt Lake City on Sunday, June 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Participants wearing Star Wars costumes participate in the Pride Parade in Salt Lake City on Sunday, June 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Participants march at the Christopher Street Day Pride Parade in Duesseldorf, Germany, Saturday, June 10, 2023. June marks the beginning of Pride month in the U.S. and many parts of the world, a season intended to celebrate the lives and experiences of LGBTQ+ communities and to protest against attacks on hard-won civil rights gains. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Participants march at the Christopher Street Day Pride Parade in Duesseldorf, Germany, Saturday, June 10, 2023. June marks the beginning of Pride month in the U.S. and many parts of the world, a season intended to celebrate the lives and experiences of LGBTQ+ communities and to protest against attacks on hard-won civil rights gains. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
People participate in the annual Pride parade, in Athens, Saturday, June 10, 2023. June marks the beginning of Pride month in the U.S. and many parts of the world, a season intended to celebrate the lives and experiences of LGBTQ+ communities and to protest against attacks on hard-won civil rights gains. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)
People participate in the annual Pride parade, in Athens, Saturday, June 10, 2023. June marks the beginning of Pride month in the U.S. and many parts of the world, a season intended to celebrate the lives and experiences of LGBTQ+ communities and to protest against attacks on hard-won civil rights gains. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)
A group memorializing transgender people who died because of bias or hate in the U.S. marches in the Pride parade, Saturday, June 10, 2023, in Boston. The biggest Pride parade in New England returned on Saturday after a three-year hiatus, with a fresh focus on social justice and inclusion rather than corporate backing. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
A group memorializing transgender people who died because of bias or hate in the U.S. marches in the Pride parade, Saturday, June 10, 2023, in Boston. The biggest Pride parade in New England returned on Saturday after a three-year hiatus, with a fresh focus on social justice and inclusion rather than corporate backing. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
A couple hold hands at they leave the Pride Parade, Saturday, June 10, 2023, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
A couple hold hands at they leave the Pride Parade, Saturday, June 10, 2023, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Rita LaRue looks on from the Lambert House float while participating in the annual Seattle Pride Parade, Sunday, June 25, 2023, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Rita LaRue looks on from the Lambert House float while participating in the annual Seattle Pride Parade, Sunday, June 25, 2023, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
People participate in the annual Pride march in Santiago, Chile, Sunday, June 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
People participate in the annual Pride march in Santiago, Chile, Sunday, June 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
Sister Castrata Sigmata of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Abbey of St. Joan, poses for a photo during the annual Seattle Pride Parade, Sunday, June 25, 2023, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Sister Castrata Sigmata of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Abbey of St. Joan, poses for a photo during the annual Seattle Pride Parade, Sunday, June 25, 2023, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Revelers march during the NYC pride parade on Sunday, June 25, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
Revelers march during the NYC pride parade on Sunday, June 25, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
Revelers fill Market St. while marching in San Francisco’s Pride Parade on Sunday, June 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Revelers fill Market St. while marching in San Francisco’s Pride Parade on Sunday, June 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
June is Pride Month, a season intended to celebrate the lives and experiences of LGBTQ+ people and to protest threats to hard-won civil rights.
In the U.S., this year’s Pride celebrations are taking place as legislators in many states seek to ban drag shows, restrict gender-affirming health care, and limit how teachers can talk about sexuality and gender in the classroom. In Colorado in November, five people were killed and several injured when a gunman shot them in a gay club. In Israel, Tel Aviv celebrated Pride for the first time since the country’s new far-right government, stacked with anti-LGBTQ+ members, took office.
For more than a half-century, the annual marches have been an opportunity to demand action on specific issues such as the AIDS epidemic and same-sex marriage while also serving as a public celebration. These days, Pride celebrations and events — teeming with images of rainbows, a symbol of hope, unity and diversity for LGBTQ+ people — can be found all over the world.
A image for the Pride Parade is displayed on the video board during San Francisco Giants’ Pride Day as Chicago Cubs pitcher Kyle Hendricks, bottom, warms up during the third inning of a baseball game between the Giants and the Chicago Cubs in San Francisco, Saturday, June 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
A group memorializing transgender people who died because of bias or hate in the U.S. marches in the Pride parade, Saturday, June 10, 2023, in Boston. The biggest Pride parade in New England returned on Saturday after a three-year hiatus, with a fresh focus on social justice and inclusion rather than corporate backing. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
People participate in the annual Pride parade, in Athens, Saturday, June 10, 2023. June marks the beginning of Pride month in the U.S. and many parts of the world, a season intended to celebrate the lives and experiences of LGBTQ+ communities and to protest against attacks on hard-won civil rights gains. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)
Participants march at the Christopher Street Day Pride Parade in Duesseldorf, Germany, Saturday, June 10, 2023. June marks the beginning of Pride month in the U.S. and many parts of the world, a season intended to celebrate the lives and experiences of LGBTQ+ communities and to protest against attacks on hard-won civil rights gains. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)