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Gay Pride Parades Celebrate…
Gay Pride Parades Celebrate Supreme Court Win
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July 1, 2013, 10:55 AM
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High court victories for same-sex marriage boosted attendance and enthusiasm at gay pride parades across the country.
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Gay Pride Photo Gallery
A rainbow flag hangs inside San Francisco's City Hall during gay pride celebrations Sunday, June 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
AP Photo/Noah Berger
Gay Pride Photo Gallery
At the gay pride parade on Hennepin Avenue, "Geneva" walks of behind the Gay 90's foam party float in the Gay Pride Parade in Minneapolis, Minn. on Sunday, June 30, 2013. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Richard Tsong-Taatarii)
AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Richard Tsong-Taatarii
Seattle Gay Pride
Bryan Fabert drums as he marches in the annual Gay Pride parade Sunday, June 30, 2013, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
AP Photo/Elaine Thompson
Gay Pride Photo Gallery
Members of the Chicago Lesbian and Gay Police Association wave to crowds during the Chicago Gay Pride Parade in Chicago, Sunday, June 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Scott Eisen)
AP Photo/Scott Eisen
Gay Pride Photo Gallery
Boy Scouts from the Chief Seattle Council carry U.S. flags as they prepare to march in the Gay Pride Parade Sunday, June 30, 2013, in downtown Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
AP Photo/Elaine Thompson
Gay Pride Photo Gallery
Revelers cheer on a float in the West Village during the gay pride march in New York, Sunday, June 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
AP Photo/Craig Ruttle
Gay Pride Photo Gallery
Tim, right, and Joseph Ginejko hold their 6-month-old twin daughters while watching San Francisco's 43rd annual Gay Pride parade Sunday, June 30, 2013. The couple, who traveled from Fresno, Calif. for the celebration, wed in 2008. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
AP Photo/Noah Berger
Gay Pride Photo Gallery
Erika Locatelli stands atop a hoop-style wedding gown float as she is pulled along the parade route of the annual Gay Pride parade Sunday, June 30, 2013, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
AP Photo/Elaine Thompson
Gay Pride Photo Gallery
Steven Menendez of New York cheers as he participates during the gay pride march in New York Sunday, June 30, 2013. Same-sex marriage supporters gathering for gay pride parades in several major U.S. cities got more good news Sunday when Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy denied a last-ditch request from the sponsors of California's now-overturned gay marriage ban to halt the issuance of same-sex marriage licenses in the nation's most populous state. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
AP Photo/Craig Ruttle
Gay Pride Photo Gallery
Derik Kleinhesselink, also known as "Dolly Madison," marches with Starbucks employees at the annual Gay Pride parade Sunday, June 30, 2013, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
AP Photo/Elaine Thompson
Gay Pride Photo Gallery
A participant in the Chicago Gay Pride Parade waves to crowds on Broadway Street in Chicago, Sunday, June 30, 2013. Organizers expected numbers to meet or exceed last year's attendance of 850,000 people. (AP Photo/Scott Eisen)
AP Photo/Scott Eisen
Gay Pride Photo Gallery
Edith Windsor, the 84-year-old woman at the center of the U.S. Supreme Court decision granting gay couples federal marriage benefits, smiles as she cools herself with a fan showing her image during the gay pride march in New York Sunday, June 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
AP Photo/Craig Ruttle
Gay Pride Photo Gallery
The rainbow-colored gay pride flag flies next to the U.S. flag at right, and next to flags indicating current American League West MLB baseball standings, Sunday, June 30, 2013, at Safeco Field in Seattle. The pride flag was flown on a pole where the state of Washington flag usually is displayed, and was flown on the same day as Seattle's Pride Parade. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
AP Photo/Ted S. Warren
Gay Pride Photo Gallery
Anisa Alejandrino, 2, pushes Sesame Street characters Bert and Ernie in a stroller while waiting for the start of San Francisco's 43rd annual gay pride parade Sunday, June 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
AP Photo/Noah Berger
Gay Pride Photo Gallery
A Seattle Police Deptartment car driven by officer Bob Peth and carrying his husband Aaron Fletcher in the passenger seat proceeds on the route at the annual Gay Pride parade Sunday, June 30, 2013, in Seattle. The couple married Dec. 9, 2012, the first day that same-sex weddings became legal in Washington state. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
AP Photo/Elaine Thompson
GFL NYC Pride March Event
Greater Fort Lauderdale model goes barefoot trading white sand in for asphalt during the New York's Annual 2013 Gay Pride Parade on Sunday, June 30, 2013 in New York. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Invision for Greater Fort Lauderdale/AP Images)
Photo by Amy Sussman/Invision for Greater Fort Lauderdale/AP Images
GFL NYC Pride March Event
IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR GREATER FORT LAUDERDALE - Crowds enjoy the Hello Sunny sunglasses handed out by Greater Fort Lauderdale at New York's Annual 2013 Gay Pride Parade on Sunday, June 30, 2013 in New York. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Invision for Greater Fort Lauderdale/AP Images)
Photo by Amy Sussman/Invision for Greater Fort Lauderdale/AP Images
GFL NYC Pride March Event
IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR GREATER FORT LAUDERDALE - Greater Fort Lauderdale swimsuit models getting playful inside the iconic beach mobile at New York's Annual 2013 Gay Pride Parade on Sunday, June 30, 2013 in New York. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Invision for Greater Fort Lauderdale/AP Images)
Photo by Amy Sussman/Invision for Greater Fort Lauderdale/AP Images
GFL NYC Pride March Event
IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR GREATER FORT LAUDERDALE - A parade onlooker jumps the barricade to grab a photo with Greater Fort Lauderdale swimsuit model at New York's Annual 2013 Gay Pride Parade on Sunday, June 30, 2013 in New York. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Invision for Greater Fort Lauderdale/AP Images)
Photo by Amy Sussman/Invision for Greater Fort Lauderdale/AP Images
GFL NYC Pride March Event
IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR GREATER FORT LAUDERDALE - Despite the rain, Greater Fort Lauderdale made by-standers say "Hello Sunny" at New York's Annual 2013 Gay Pride Parade on Sunday, June 30, 2013 in New York. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Invision for Greater Fort Lauderdale/AP Images)
Photo by Amy Sussman/Invision for Greater Fort Lauderdale/AP Images
Paul Katami, Jeff Zarrillo
Proposition 8 plaintiffs Paul Katami, right, and Jeff Zarrillo kiss while riding in San Francisco's 43rd annual Gay Pride parade Sunday, June 30, 2013. The couple wed on Friday after a U.S. Supreme Court decision cleared the way for same-sex marriages in California. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
AP Photo/Noah Berger
Gay Pride Parade San Francisco
Dsiree Chavez bears a sign thanking the U.S. Supreme Court for clearing the way for same-sex marriage in California while marching in San Francisco's 43rd annual Gay Pride parade Sunday, June 30, 2013. Chavez walked as part of a Mormons for Marriage Equality contingent. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
AP Photo/Noah Berger
Gay Pride Parade San Francisco
Participants ride up Market Street during San Francisco's 43rd annual Gay Pride parade Sunday, June 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
AP Photo/Noah Berger
Nancy Pelosi
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi waves a rainbow flag while riding in San Francisco's 43rd annual gay pride parade Sunday, June 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
AP Photo/Noah Berger
Gay Pride Parade San Francisco
Tim, right, and Joseph Ginejko hold their 6-month-old twin daughters while watching San Francisco's 43rd annual Gay Pride parade Sunday, June 30, 2013. The couple, who traveled from Fresno, Calif. for the celebration, wed in 2008. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
AP Photo/Noah Berger
Gavin Newsom
Holding his daughter Montana, California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom greets spectators during San Francisco's 43rd annual gay pride parade Sunday, June 30, 2013. As mayor of San Francisco in 2004, Newsom ordered city clerks to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
AP Photo/Noah Berger
Gay Pride Parade San Francisco
Members of Cheer SF perform during San Francisco's 43rd annual Gay Pride parade on Sunday, June 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
AP Photo/Noah Berger
Gay Pride Parade San Francisco
Deanna Ryan carries the letter "O" as part of a balloon brigade spelling "love" during San Francisco's 43rd annual Gay Pride parade on Sunday, June 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
AP Photo/Noah Berger
Gay Pride Parade San Francisco
Revelers fill Market Street during San Francisco's 43rd annual Gay Pride parade on Sunday, June 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
AP Photo/Noah Berger
Gay Pride Parade San Francisco
Clad in angel wings and perched on stilts, Joey Reinert shakes hands with spectators during San Francisco's 43rd annual Gay Pride parade on Sunday, June 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
AP Photo/Noah Berger
Gay Pride Parade San Francisco
A United Airlines employee waves to spectators while carrying a rainbow flag up Market Street during San Francisco's 43rd annual Gay Pride parade on Sunday, June 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
AP Photo/Noah Berger
APTOPIX Gay Pride San Francisco
Alan Boyle helps carry a rainbow flag up Market Street during San Francisco's 43rd annual Gay Pride parade on Sunday, June 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
AP Photo/Noah Berger
APTOPIX Gay Marriage Parades
Grand Marshal Edith Windsor, the 84-year-old woman at the center of the U.S. Supreme Court decision granting gay couples federal marriage benefits, is surrounded by well-wishers during the gay pride march in New York on Sunday, June 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
AP Photo/Craig Ruttle
Seattle Gay Pride
Erika Locatelli stands atop a hoop-style wedding gown float as she is pulled along the parade route of the annual Gay Pride parade Sunday, June 30, 2013, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
AP Photo/Elaine Thompson
Seattle Gay Pride
Harper Sorensen, 2, sits atop the shoulders of his father Svend Sorensen as they march in the annual Gay Pride parade Sunday, June 30, 2013, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
AP Photo/Elaine Thompson
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