PRIDE PotD: June 11, 2011.

Jun 12, 2011 02:08





People parade past the Colosseum during the Europride gay parade in downtown Rome June 11, 2011. Hundreds of thousands of people paraded through central Rome in a gay pride parade on Saturday, with many criticising Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's government for failing to grant same-sex rights.

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Demonstrators attend the Europride gay rights march in Rome, Saturday, June 11, 2011. The Europride parade, held every year in a different European city, ends Saturday evening in Circus Maximus, a grassy field where ancient Romans will gather for entertainment, and  Lady Gaga is expected to sing "Born This Way". Organizers hope the event will draw attention to discrimination homosexuals face in some parts of the world.

AP Photo | Riccardo De Luca



















US singer Lady Gaga fans attend the singer's performance at the 2011 Europride on June 11, 2011 in Rome.

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US singer Lady Gaga performs in Rome's Circo Massimo as part of the 2011 Europride on June 11, 2011 in Rome. Lady Gaga hailed gays on Saturday as the "revolutionaries of love" and called for "full equality now" for same-sex couples around the world in a speech in front of hundreds of thousands in Rome.

AFP PHOTO | Filippo MONTEFORTE






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