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Said to be the largest gay rights rally in the US capital in the last decade, it was attended by activists and celebrities including Gilbert Baker who created the gay rainbow flag in 1978, Sex and the City star and out lesbian Cynthia Nixon, Oscar winner Dustin Lance Black, Lt. Dan Choi and Lady Gaga.

For the third year running, Sri Lanka's Equal Ground presented its annual weeklong celebration of gay pride in a country where homosexuality is still a criminal offence. Roscoe gives us a run down of the event.