This photo of an early NYC Pride parade reminds us how important visible representation by itself is. You may also recognize a familiar face.

Thousands of Taiwanese citizens embrace the queer community during their Pride Parades.

In the last two years, the parades have attracted over half a million people.

The first Berlin Pride Parade, in 1979, was held in memory of the Stonewall Riots, and now has one of the biggest Pride celebrations in the world.

The Guadalajara Pride Parade advocates for the equal rights and equal opportunities of queer people, despite ongoing homophobia from the Mexican population and inadequate discrimination laws.

Although Switzerland has changed many of its laws to prevent discrimination against the community, there are still a few that prevent LGBTQ people from gaining full equality.

Every year, over two million people show up for Pride week in Madrid.

Australia is one of the most inclusive countries in the world and their Pride festival shows it.

The LGBTQ community still lacks full equality in Japan, but that won’t stop over 200,000 people from celebrating at the 2019 Rainbow Pride Festival Parade in Tokyo.

The first pride parade in Moscow took place in 2006 and was bombarded with homophobic attacks. Pride parades have now been banned until 2112.