Monday, June 11, 2007

Millions at Brazil's Gay Pride

There are some pretty big pride celebrations (except, strangely, in this country -- as the article quotes "tens of thousands" for cities like NYC and San Fran, but hundreds of thousands elsewhere in the world), but I don't know if anything compares to this one in Brazil which attracted 3 million people:

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Millions of people packed the streets of Sao Paulo for what organizers said was the world's largest gay pride parade, dancing and waving rainbow flags in a carnival-like atmosphere to condemn homophobia, racism and sexism.

At least 3 million people filled the canyonlike Paulista Avenue, organizers said, surpassing last year's count of 2.5 million. The larger count was confirmed by a police spokesman who is not authorized to be quoted by name under department rules.

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