Millions Celebrate Gay Pride in Brazil

[maddezmom]

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Almost 2 million gay men, lesbians, transvestites and their supporters — many in lavish Carnival costumes and waving rainbow-colored flags — paraded in Brazil's biggest city on Sunday to celebrate gay pride and call for the legalization of civil unions between homosexuals.

More than 20 sound trucks blasting music, and carrying go-go boys and drag queens, rolled down the skyscraper-lined Avenida Paulista for the Ninth Annual Sao Paulo Gay Parade — a parade that organizers said was one of the world's largest gay pride events ever.

Police and organizers said almost 2 million people, including 700,000 tourist from other cities and countries, attended. Last year, police said that about 1.5 million people participated.

In comparison, San Francisco's gay pride parade typically attracts tens of thousands of people and last year's world gay pride day celebrations in Berlin attracted between 200,000 and 500,000 participants.

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more: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050530/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/brazil_gay_parade_1

[Placebo]

1. "go-go boys"

:rofl:

[William769]

2. I wished I was there.

:(

[maddezmom]

4. a great pic

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[William769]

5. Thanks!

:)

[HeeBGBz]

3. That should make the homophobes nervous.

Ooh, gays! Lots of em, Mildred! They're gonna destroy our marriage sanctity! Eek! Eek!

[Withywindle]

6. Obrigada, Sao Paulo!

Leading the way in style. :thumbsup:

[sintax]

7. Kaka was there

Photo: Alexandre Meneghini/AP
A Drag Queen known as Kaka poses during the 9th annual Gay and Lesbian Pride Parade in Sao Paulo.

[David__77]

8. Latin America is on the cutting edge.

A see a real continental tumult in politics and culture, and it's wonderful. I hope the whole region erupts in justice and progressive change!