AP PHOTOS: Crowds celebrate US same-sex marriage ruling

Jun 28, 2015, 9:36 PM

Members of the LGBT movement hold a gay pride flag during a parade celebration in Managua, Nicaragua, Sunday, June 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

(AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

KTAR.com

Hundreds of thousands of people on Sunday packed gay pride events from Chicago to New York City, Seattle to San Francisco, to celebrate a freshly endorsed right to marry. Gay rights activists outside the United States also organized rallies to draw attention to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling in favor of same-sex marriages.

Here’s a collection of images showing gay pride parades across the world.

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