![A man participates in the 19th Gay Pride Parade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Nov.16, 2014. Thousands took part in Rio de Janeiro's 19th Gay Pride parade, to fight for a more just and inclusive society, which recognizes equal rights for all the gay community.](https://lgbtqnation-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/2014/11/Rio-gay-pride.jpg)
![People dance under a rainbow flag during the Gay Pride Parade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Nov.16, 2014.](https://lgbtqnation-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/2014/11/Rio-gay-pride-2.jpg)
RIO DE JANEIRO — Gay rights activists are using Rio de Janeiro’s annual gay pride parade to demand laws against discrimination based on sexual orientation.
Thousands of people paraded down Copacabana’s main coastal boulevard with rainbow flags and thematic floats, many dressed in carnival costumes or wearing t-shirts saying “Fight Against Homophobia.”
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Gay rights activists said that passage would reduce violence against gays. This week a gay couple was beaten on the Sao Paulo subway.
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