Gay Pride around the World
Gay pride celebrated around the world
People took to the streets around the world on Sunday to participate in gay pride parades.
Several men take part in a gay pride parade in Barcelona, Spain.
Long strings of colorful balloons float above the street past St. Patrick's Cathedral during New York's annual Gay Pride Parade. Marchers marked the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall uprisings, a raid on the gay-friendly Stonewall Inn that was the starting point for riots that lasted several days in Manhattan's Greenwich Village.
A participant looks on during a gay pride parade in New Delhi, India.
Stephan Hengst, left, Patrick Decker, center, and City of Amsterdam Deputy Mayor Carolien Gehrels pose for a photo in front of a traditional Dutch Delft Blue porcelain wedding cake during New York's annual Gay Pride Parade in New York. Hengst and Decker are one of the chosen 5 Trans-continental couples to get married in August's Amsterdam Pride.
People participate in a gay pride parade in New Delhi, India. Hundreds of gay rights supporters waived flags and danced past traffic during marches through three Indian cities Sunday to celebrate gay pride.
Representatives of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community gesture as they participate in Pride March rally in Bangalore, India.
A participant is all dressed up for the gay pride parade in Barcelona, Spain.
A drag queen dressed as Liza Minnelli waves to spectators during New York's annual Gay Pride Parade.
A participant in the gay pride parade in Barcelona, Spain, on Sunday, June 28.
Participants kiss during the annual Gay Pride Parade in Istanbul, Turkey. Several hundreds of gays, lesbians and transsexuals participated in the parade, condemning homophobia and violence against them and demanding equal rights.
A man dressed with elements of Michael Jackson's costumes marches in the Gay Pride Parade in New York.
Thousands lined the street or stood on balconies of buildings lining Halsted Street to watch Chicago's 40th annual Gay Pride Parade on Sunday
Thousands line Halsted near Belmont for Chicago's 40th Annual Pride Parade.
Parade participants of all shapes and sizes walk in the Seattle Pride Parade.
Mock cops make their way to the Pride Parade on Sunday in San Francisco.
The Pride Parade makes its way up Market Street on Sunday in San Francisco on Sunday, June 28, 2009
A Toronto fireman hose down spectators during Pride parade along Yonge Street in Toronto, Ont., June 28, 2009.
A group of spectators watch the Pride parade from an open second story window along Yonge Street in Toronto, Ont., June 28, 2009.
A gay man who was imprisoned for homosexuality in 1979 has received an official apology from the Spanish Government.
Antoni Ruiz was 17 years old when he was sent to prison for 94 days after he told his family he was gay.
His parents confided the news to a Catholic monk, who denounced Ruiz to the authorities. He was sentenced to three months and banished from his home town for a further year.
Harsh penalties for homosexuality were brought in under the fascist dictator General Franco (pictured). Although Franco had passed away in 1975, the laws were still in effect when Ruiz was imprisoned.
The apology was made under Spain’s new Law of Historical Memory which aims to redress wrongs committed under Franco’s dictatorship and during the prior Spanish Civil War.
According to the UK’s Daily Telegraph, around 5,000 men went to jail for being gay under the fascist regime.
Ruiz is the first to receive an apology letter from the Spanish justice minister, along with the offer of 4,000 Euros in compensation (approximately $6,500 in Australian dollars).
Ruiz, who currently heads an association for former prisoners, said he was happy with the “symbolic gesture” and said it was “a long time coming”.
The Spanish government legalised same-sex marriage in 2005 and allows gay and lesbian couples to adopt children.
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