San José Was Filled with Colour And Music in Motion

Colourful banners, costumes, banners, floats and filled yesterday Paseo Colon and Second Avenue in the march to celebrate Gay Pride Day.


A reveller takes part in an annual gay pride parade in San Jose July 1, 2012. 
Photo/Juan Carlos Ulate.

In the activity, in which dozens of people demanded equal rights for homosexuals, entire families participated wore slogans of support.

"I am the proud mother of a gay," "I am the proud uncle of a gay" or "I am the proud sister of a gay" were some of the messages that were seen during the demonstration.

The march began at noon at the León Cortés statue in La Sabana, made it wasy through Paseo Colon, Avenia Segunad and ending at the Plaza de la Democracia.



Similar activities were held in other cities around the world.

Costa Rica's gay and lesbian community are seeking the approval of a law that allows gay couples to enjoy pensions, social security and even inheritances, the same benefit today as with unions between men and women.

The marshalls for the parade Carmen Muñoz, legislator for the Partido Acción Ciudadana (PAC) and who supports a bill to give gays and lesbians their rights and Marco Castillo, president of the Movimiento Diversidad.