Taking to the streets: In what is believed to be the world's biggest gay pride parade ever, some 3 million people gathered for a carnival-like event in the area around Sao Paulo's Paulista Avenue on June 14. It was the 13th year of the parade, which made it into the Guinness Book of World Records after 2.5 million attended in 2006. (Across Latin America, gay rights movements are entering the mainstream, Javier Corrales writes in "Gays in Latin America: Is the Closet Half Empty?")