ALLEN: LGBTQ communities all across the world took part in rallies this weekend, celebrating pride. In Mexico, thousands of people turned out for the 41st pride parade in the capital. In Calcutta, India, activists marched in the 20th annual friendship walk. New York City hosted World Pride, the biggest celebration of its kind. It commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising there which sparked the LGBTQ rights movement. Well, activists also held a small rally in Istanbul, Turkey, even though authorities there had banned them for a fifth straight year. CNN's Ben Wedeman was there for the brief celebration before riot police moved in.</s>BEN WEDEMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: This is the 17th time that the Istanbul LGBTQI community has tried to hold a pride parade in this city. But, today, and for the last four years, those parades have been banned. That hasn't stopped them from gathering, holding this noisy demonstration. But, in fact, the interior ministry has banned all demonstrations in this area of central Istanbul, citing unspecified security concerns. What's different now is that, for the first time in many years, the opposition runs the municipality of Istanbul. The new mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, he said -- has said that he respects all lifestyles, but it's not the mayor who's responsible for security here. Rather, the governor, who reports to the interior ministry. And the interior ministry is run by a member of conservative Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Justice and Development Party, which frowns upon this sort of alternative lifestyle. Istanbul LGBTQI community has put out a statement saying, "We are here. Get used to it. We are not leaving." I'm Ben Wedeman, CNN, reporting from a very noisy Istanbul.</s>ALLEN: A small but noisy rally there in Turkey. I'll be back in 15 minutes with another hour of news. Stay with us next for WORLD SPORT.
Cities Around the World Celebrate LGBTQ Pride.