The annual parades in New York City and across the country drew thousands of participants and onlookers.
Korrin Murphy, left, and her partner, Julie Mericle, on Christopher Street near the site of the Stonewall Inn during New York"s annual gay pride parade.
Three visitors from Boston preparing to march. Other marchers were in plainclothes, or in uniform.
A member of the New York Police Department took part Sunday in the gay pride parade. "Today is our day," one marcher said.
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and supporters marched at the Avenue of the Americas and Greenwich Avenue.
Onlookers watched the parade from a fire escape on Christopher Street. The parade drew thousands of people during a daylong drizzle.
Diana Rodriguez displayed a rainbow flag. The parade wound down Fifth Avenue and then along Eighth Street and Greenwich Avenue to Christopher Street.
Other gay pride parades were held across the country. In Oklahoma City, a participant stopped for a refreshing spray of water.
Members of the motorcycle group Dykes on Bikes rode in San Francisco"s parade.
Bernie McCarthy, of Syracuse, N.Y., marched in the parade in Toronto.