Pro-gay marriage march in Paris – in pictures

People take to the streets of Paris to demonstrate in favour of the French government's plan to legalise same-sex marriage and adoption for same-sex couples Photograph: Remy de la Mauviniere/AP

Three men dressed as nuns kiss each other during the demonstration Photograph: Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty Images

A happy scene during the march Photograph: Antoine Antoniol/Getty Images

A woman dressed in pink bangs a drum Photograph: Antoine Antoniol/Getty Images

Two women kiss during the demonstration Photograph: Antoine Antoniol/Getty Images

Two women march together in wedding dresses Photograph: Ian Langsdon/EPA

Protesters dressed as nuns Photograph: Antoine Antoniol/Getty Images

Two protesters kiss during the march in Paris Photograph: Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty Images

Two men carrying their children at the demonstration Photograph: Yoan Valat/EPA

French Socialist party first secretary Harlem Désir (centre), Paris deputy mayor Anne Hidalgo (right), far-left activist Clémentine Autain (second right) and head of the French Communist party Pierre Laurent (third right) attend the march Photograph: Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty Images

A man kisses a man during a demonstration for the legalisation of gay marriage and LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) parenting in Paris on December 16, 2012. Photograph: Fred Dufour/AFP/Getty Images

People hold placards reading (LtoR) "Same families, same rights !", "Adoption for all couples", "biphobia, transphobia, enough !" during a demonstration for the legalisation of gay marriage and LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) parenting in ParisImages Photograph: Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty Images