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AMSTERDAM COLORS PINK FOR GAY PRIDE FESTIVAL
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_NETHERLANDS_GAY_PRIDE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-08-04-08-25-49
AMSTERDAM (AP) -- Hundreds of thousands of gay rights supporters are thronging Amsterdam's canals for the city's annual boat float parade, a party marking the high point of Gay Pride week.
The event features scantily-clad men and women dancing to music on elaborate boat-floats with onlookers cheering them on.
This year Dutch homosexuals of Turkish ancestry have their own float, a first.
The ancient Westerkerk - the church with bells that once comforted Anne Frank while she was in hiding from the Nazis - has been draped in the rainbow flag that has become a symbol of tolerance and the gay rights movement.