Thousands of people have flocked to the streets of Brighton to take part in this year's Pride.
This year’s theme celebrates “Generations of Love” and commemorates the 50-year anniversary of the Stonewall Inn uprising in New York that sparked the movement.
Kylie Minogue is headlining the festival on Saturday evening at Preston Park.
The colourful carnival also took place in Belfast with the Irish premier Leo Varadkar attending for the first time.
The Taoiseach joined thousands of people attending the march in the city centre.
His presence will be seen as significant as same-sex marriage remains a contentious political issue in Northern Ireland.
Mr Varadkar's visit comes two years after he attended a Pride breakfast to promote the rights of the LGBT community.
Ireland's first openly gay premier was not able to attend the parade that year as he had other official engagements.
Northern Ireland remains the only part of the UK where gay marriage is illegal.
That could change however, after landmark legislation was passed by the UK Parliament which will allow same-sex marriage in the region if devolution is not restored by October 21.
The changes will not come into effect if Northern Ireland's two main parties, Sinn Fein and the DUP, can reach an agreement to form a new Executive before the deadline.
