Rio Gay Pride aims to tackle Brazilian 'homophobia'

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20388419


The Rio Gay Pride has become a regular fixture in the city's calendar of big events

Huge crowds have been taking part in Rio de Janeiro's Gay Pride parade.

Organisers Grupo Arco-Iris (Rainbow Group) were expecting more than one million people to join the carnival-inspired event on Copacabana beach.

Mothers of gay men and women opened the parade, which this year aimed to highlight the issue of homophobia in Brazilian society.

Grupo Arco-Iris says 266 people were killed in Brazil last year because of their sexual orientation.

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1. My best wishes

I wish the Grupo Arco-Iris the best of luck in tackling homophobia in Brazil. It will be a tough fight, however, but one that can be won nonetheless.