IN PHOTOS | Loud and proud: Pride parades are back

Since the pandemic began in late 2019, Pride celebrationswere put on hold in Canada and the rest of the world. But those events are returningto many cities here and abroad this year.

Pride Month commemorates the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in New York City a seminal moment in the fight for equal rights for LGBT people. Here's a look at some of thecelebrations honouring diversity and inclusion.

In Canada

Inuvikhosted its firstregional-based Pride event on June 10, and attendeesincluded The Amazing Race Canada winners and youths from across the Beaufort Delta communities who flewin for the celebrations.

• 'This is a historic Pride': Inuvik hosts 1st regional-based Pride event

(Karli Zschogner/CBC)

Serenity LaDasha smileson the Klinic float at the Winnipeg Pride Parade on June 5.

(Walther Bernal/CBC)

After two virtual parades duringthepandemic, the Saskatoon Pride parade was held in person on June 18.

(Heywood Yu/The Canadian Press)

The annualQueen City Pride Paradereturned to Regina on June 11 after a two-year hiatus.

• Queen City Pride celebrates 1st in-person parade since pandemic began

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Some of the biggest Pride parades have yet to occur in Canada, including Calgary, Halifax, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver. Andmany other events celebrating Pride Month havealready happened. Here, in Vancouver, students try out a rainbow staircase that was unveiled June 9 at the Vancouver School Board buildingin support of the LGBTcommunity.

(Ben Nelms/CBC)

A pedestrianwalks across rainbow art in front of the Cornwall Centre in Regina on June 3.

(Matt Duguid/CBC)

The House of Adam and Steve hosted Pride Picnic at Hamilton's Bayfront Park on June 18, featuring local drag artist Jessie James.

(Eva Salinas/CBC)

Pride in the U.S.

Fans and participantscelebrate along Hollywood Boulevardduring the Los Angeles Pride Parade on June 12.

(Richard Vogel/The Associated Press)

People walk in the Pittsburgh Pride Revolution march to celebrate Pride Month on June 4 in downtown Pittsburgh.

(Alexandra Wimley/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/The Associated Press)

A large section of the Key West Sea to Sea Diversity flag is carried down a streetin Key West, Fla., on June 5. The flag, which originally measured two kilometres, was created by activist Gilbert Baker and stretched the length of Duval Street from the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico during Key West Pridefest in 2003.

(Rob O'Neal/The Key West Citizen/The Associated Press)

Across Europe

Participants march during the annual Lyon Gay Pride incentral Franceon June 11.

(Laurent Cipriani/The Associated Press)

Participants gather for the annual Pride marchin Rome the same day.

(Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse/The Associated Press)

A participant poses for a photo during the Baltic Pride Parade in Vilnius, Lithuania, onJune 4.

(Mindaugas Kulbis/The Associated Press)

Participants unfold a rainbow flag during the annual BelgianPride Parade in central Brussels last month.

(Johanna Geron/Reuters)

Middle East and Asia

Others march during the annual Pride parade in Israel's coastal city of Tel Aviv on June 10.

(Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty Images)

Thousands of peoplemarch through the streetsin the Pride parade in Jerusalem onJune 2 .

(Ariel Schalit/The Associated Press)

People attend aPride parade in Bangkok onJune 5.

(Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)

Members of the LGBTcommunity sit under a rainbow flag during a Pride Parade in Kathmandu, Nepal, on June 11.

(Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images)

LGBT community members and supporters march in the Tokyo Rainbow Pride parade on April 24,down Shibuya and Harajuku areas, on the final day of the event.

(Yuichi Yamazaki/Getty Images)