Tokyo Rainbow Pride 2015, at Yoyogi park-Shibuya, on April 26, 2015. Some 3,000 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people paraded through Tokyo’s Shibuya district Sunday afternoon to demonstrate their hope that Japanese society will continue to forge ahead with recent moves to embrace equality and diversity. In a nation where prejudice against sexual minorities persists, the annual Tokyo Rainbow Pride parade has sought to counter the trend by openly spotlighting LGBT residents and spreading their voices. But this year, LGBT participants and proponents seemed particularly joyous, emboldened by what they see as a blossoming of LGBT-friendly moves by municipalities and companies. (Photo by Yoshiaki Miura)

People help a wounded person after Yishai Schlissel, an ultra-Orthodox Jew, attacked people with a knife during a gay pride parade in Jerusalem on Thursday, July 30, 2015. Schlissel lunged into a group of revelers leading Jerusalem's annual gay pride parade and stabbed several of them Thursday evening as they marched in the holy city, Israeli police and witnesses said. (Photo by Sebastian Scheiner/AP Photo)

Revelers jump on a rainbow painted crosswalk in Church Street, Toronto's LGBT neighbourhood, before “WorldPride”, a gay pride parade, in Toronto, June 29, 2014. Toronto is hosting WorldPride, a week-long event that celebrates the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. (Photo by Mark Blinch/Reuters)

Women hold hands during the Tokyo Rainbow Pride parade celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) culture in Tokyo, Japan, May 8, 2016. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)

Activists participate in the Walk of Lesbian and Bisexual Women in Paulista Avenue, SP. The act was organized by the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) in São Paulo, Brazil, on June 2, 2018. (Photo by Cris Faga/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Revellers take part in the 21st Rio LGBT pride parade at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on December 11, 2016. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP Photo)

A biker rides in a “Ride for Pride” event to show support for the Confederate flag in Brandon, Hillsborough County, June 26, 2015. Several hundred people took part in the event. (Photo by Carlo Allegri/Reuters)

An Israeli soldier watches as revellers take part in a gay pride parade in Tel Aviv, Israel, June 3, 2016. About 200,000 people from the LGBT community in Israel and abroad attended in Tel Aviv's annual gay pride parade Friday, the largest event of its kind in the Middle East. (Photo by Baz Ratner/Reuters)