(19 Nov 2012)
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Rio de Janeiro - 18 November 2012
1. Pan from beach to crowds gathered for gay pride parade
2. Mid of man dancing in costume
3. Wide of crowd dancing to music and carrying large flag
4. Mid of Claudio Nascimento, parade organizer, addressing crowd
5. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Claudio Nascimento parade organizer:
"First it's a message of peace, of respect to citizenship, of everyone's rights. The parade has this cultural side touching hearts and minds all over Brazil, calling attention to respecting differences."
6. Wide of parade float and crowd
7. Mid of people taking part in parade
8. Mid of Andy Neumann, parade participant and costume designer, posing for photograph
9. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Andy Neumann, parade participant and costume designer:
"For me, it's an accomplishment because I always wanted to dress to show I am proud to be homosexual. I'm not ashamed of being who I am. I'm proud of being who I am."
10. Wide of parade float
11. Mid of dancers on top of parade float
12. Close-up of two women kissing
13. Mid of people dancing under flag
14. Mid of crowd
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Casper Christensen, Danish tourist, Vox pop:
"Never before, even though the Danish gay parade is huge, this is overwhelming. It's quite huge and quite interesting to see so many people in one place gathering to celebrate this event."
16. Close-up of two men kissing
17. Pan from people carrying large flag in parade to beach
STORYLINE
MASSIVE CROWDS CELEBRATE GAY PRIDE IN RIO
More than a million people gathered in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday for the city's annual gay pride parade.
Fifteen floats made their way through the streets alongside Copacabana beach, as the crowds danced to music.
The event, which is in its 17th year, aims to raise awareness of the gay community in Brazil and around the world.
"First it's a message of peace, of respect to citizenship, of everyone's rights. The parade has this cultural side touching hearts and minds all over Brazil, calling attention to respecting differences," said parade organizer Claudio Nascimento.
Unions between people of the same sex are recognized in Rio de Janeiro, although marriage is not.
"Even though the Danish gay parade is huge, this is overwhelming," said Danish tourist Casper Christensen, who turned out to watch the gay pride parade.
"It's quite huge and quite interesting to see so many people in one place gathering to celebrate this event."

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