700,000 Participants for Cologne Gay Pride

Streets of Cologne in Germany were filled with hundreds of thousands of people, in colourful costumes on Sunday for the city's annual Gay Pride parade. Turnout reached 700,000, police told AFP, in the city often described as Germany's gay capital, having earned a reputation for its acceptance of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. Organizers said the event was the largest of its kind in Europe. Wearing sequined costumes, ...