(14 Jun 2025)
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Rome, Italy – 14 June 2025
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1. Truck with rainbow balloons in front of Colosseum
2. Crowd parading down street
3. Crowd dancing in front of Colosseum
4. People inside parade truck
5. Various of people during parade
6. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Micaela Uccelli, Pride participant:
“Every Pride is always important. It’s always important to be together, straight, gay, bisexuals, no gender, anything. It’s important to be free, to be free to be who we are, to love who we want and live well."
7. Wide of people gathered by parade truck
8. Crowd walking during parade
9. Two unicorn statues on top of truck
10. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Luca Balestrino, Pride participant:
”To be present here means to reaffirm that every one of us, whatever his (sexual) orientation, idea or faith has the right to exist with the same rights as others. So to be here simply means that we exist.”
11. Close of crowd waving flags during parade
12. Various of people walking and celebrating during parade
13. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Alessandro Tosti, Pride participant:
“So, it is very emotional because to me Pride represents freedom. It’s a safe place and in this moment we are all more free. And as soon as you get out of here there is always that moment when you don’t feel really free. But at Pride there is total safety.”
14. Married couple showing wedding rings and kissing each other other
15. Various of people celebrating during parade
16. Wide of parade passing through Via Cavour
STORYLINE:
Thousands of people in brightly coloured outfits danced and sang as they marched through the streets of Rome on Saturday as the city held its annual Pride parade.
The Mayor of Rome Roberto Gualtieri led the parade and prominent politicians including the leader of Italy’s main opposition party, Elly Schlein, joined the event.
Alongside the sea of colour 40 floats wound through the streets of Rome’s center and past the Colosseum.
"It is very emotional because to me Pride represents freedom," said Alessandro Tosti, who took part in the parade.
"It’s a safe place and in this moment we are all more free. And as soon as you get out of here there is always that moment when you don’t feel really free. But at Pride there is total safety.”
As well as the many brightly colour flags, many also waved Palestinian flags to express their solidarity with the people of Gaza.
"Every Pride is always important," said participant Micaela Uccelli.
"It’s always important to be together, straight, gay, bisexuals, no gender, anything. It’s important to be free, to be free to be who we are, to love who we want and live well."
AP video shot by Isaia Montelione
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