On June 28, 1970, more than 2,000 people marched in the Christopher Street Liberation Day March, marking the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall Riots and, subsequently, the first LGBT Pride March in U.S. history.
SEE ALSO:Dear Corporate America, leave our LGBTQ Pride celebrations aloneIn the 47 years since, June has marked a month of celebration and activism for the LGBTQ community. In cities around the globe, millions have marched for LGBTQ rights. This June is no exception. Members of the LGBTQ community have marched with their families and chosen families in cities from New York to Rome to Kiev.
Here, we've gathered photos of families and chosen families marching for queer rights all around the world:
Members of New York City's gay, lesbian and transgender community prepare to march in the Queens Pride Parade on June 4, 2017 in Jackson Heights, Queens.Credit: Corbis via Getty ImagesThousands of people march in the streets demonstrating for civil rights and against violence and homophobia during a pride march on June 10, 2017 in Rome, Italy.Credit: Corbis via Getty ImagesTens of thousands of members of Italian LGBTQI communities and supporters of gay rights attend the annual Gay Pride Parade in downtown Rome to demand legal rights for same-sex couples.Credit: LightRocket via Getty ImagesPeople participate in the #ResistMarch during the 47th annual LA Pride Festival on June 11, 2017 in Los Angeles.Credit: Getty ImagesMarchers take part in the Gay Pride homosexual, bisexual and transgender visibility march in Lyon, France, on June 17, 2017.Credit: NurPhoto via Getty ImagesA general view of atmosphere at the LA Pride Resist March on June 11, 2017 in Los Angeles.Credit: FilmMagicActivists participate in the Walk of Lesbian and Bisexual Women in São Paulo, Brazil on June 17, 2017.Credit: NurPhoto via Getty ImagesA general view of atmosphere at the LA Pride Resist March on June 11, 2017 in Los Angeles.Credit: FilmMagicGay and lesbian rights activists demonstrate during the annual Gay Pride march in Kiev, Ukraine.Credit: AP/REX/ShutterstockPeople attend the 'Tel Aviv Gay Pride Parade 2017 ' in Tel Aviv, Israel on June 9, 2017.Credit: ABIR SULTAN/EPA/REX/ShutterstockParticipants march in Kiev, Ukraine on June 18, 2017.Credit: NurPhoto via Getty ImagesA child holds a miniature rainbow flag while riding atop his father's shoulders before the start of the annual Pride Portland! Parade and Festival.Credit: Press Herald via Getty ImagesA boy holds a flag during a LGBTQ pride march on June 18, 2017 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.Credit: LatinContent/Getty ImagesThousands of Israelis and foreigners take part in the annual Tel Aviv gay pride march on June 9, 2017.Credit: Levine/SIPA/REX/ShutterstockParticipants march during the Cyprus Pride parade in central Nicosia, Cyprus on May 28, 2017.Credit: EPA/REX/ShutterstockTopicsComicsSocial Good
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