MILLIONS gathered across the globe to celebrate WorldPride and the 50th anniversary the Stonewall Riots.
On June 28, 1969 riots were sparked by repeated police raids on the Stonewall Inn in New York City's Greenwich Village, which had become known as a refuge for the gay community.
The incident is now regarded as a key turning point in the struggle for LGBT rights.
Parades took place all around the world as the month long, rainbow coloured celebrations reached their climax.
Two marches took place in the Big Apple, but the official WorldPride procession began at noon from 5th Avenue and 26th Street in Greenwich Village, and may have been the largest ever public event the city has ever seen, Secret NYC reports.
Some 150,000 parade marchers and an estimated 4 million spectators lined the streets of the Big Apple.
Similar parades were being held around the world, with celebratory events in liberal democracies and growing fights for equality in other places.
North Macedonia held its first gay pride march on Saturday.
In Singapore, marchers called for scrapping a law banning gay sex.
In Turkey, members of Istanbul's gay and transgender community gathered for a small rally that ended with tear gas and rubber bullets on Sunday after their annual march was banned for the fifth consecutive year.
"It's hard for us today, but can you even imagine what some of these people went through in the past? There's no way to thank them," said Josh Greenblatt, 25, an actor wearing red sunglasses, a white crop top, ripped jeans and gold-heeled boots at the New York event.
Greenblatt said he found his outlandish outfit "empowering," and he had plenty of competition from revellers stripping down to the barest of essentials and celebrating New York's legalisation of toplessness for women.
One woman wore a skintight rainbow dress with a rainbow afro about 2 feet high.
A shirtless man sporting rainbow-coloured wings and high white platform shoes strutted up Broadway.
Rainbow onesie leotards were popular, and there were plenty of colourful wigs, patent leather, fishnets and bright makeup.
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