Thousands celebrate the annual LGBTQ Capital Pride parade in Washington, June 10, 2017. REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Thousands of revellers, some waving rainbow flags symbolizing gay rights, crowded Washington streets on Saturday for the city's gay pride parade in an annual party that saw anti-corporate protesters briefly block its route.
Cheering spectators packed sidewalks as floats with rainbow balloons and papier mache rainbows snaked 1.5 miles (2.4 km) through residential neighbourhoods several blocks north of the White House. In almost 90 Fahrenheit (32 Celsius) heat, some men went shirtless or donned feather boas.
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