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gayest parade ever
Jun. 18th, 2006 02:22 pm2.4 million people marched in Brazil's recent gay pride parade... a new world record:
CNN reports
"The theme of this year's event was to halt hate crimes against gays in the nation of more than 185 million people. But in typical Brazilian style, participants turned a somber topic into a huge street party, dancing, drinking beer and kissing as they marched several kilometers."
Now if the US can step up to the challenge of being as tolerant and open-minded as our Brazillian comrades, maybe the rest of the world will follow.
[Update: scratch that, it seems that Brazil is not a good role model for us, at least in terms of racism. thanks to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kosherpickle for pointing this out.]
CNN reports
"The theme of this year's event was to halt hate crimes against gays in the nation of more than 185 million people. But in typical Brazilian style, participants turned a somber topic into a huge street party, dancing, drinking beer and kissing as they marched several kilometers."
Now if the US can step up to the challenge of being as tolerant and open-minded as our Brazillian comrades, maybe the rest of the world will follow.
[Update: scratch that, it seems that Brazil is not a good role model for us, at least in terms of racism. thanks to
kosherpickle for pointing this out.]
