Mexico City, Mexico - Thousands of people and about 30 floats took part in Mexico's 34th Gay Pride Parade in Mexico's capital city this past Saturday. The parade started at the Angel of Independence Monument, wound its way through Mexico City's streets, and ended with a concert in the Zocalo.

The Tourism Secretariat estimated that at least 10,000 people attended the event, while the Federal District's Public Safety Secretariat released a preliminary estimate of more than 30,000 paradegoers.

The parade featured music, people in colorful outfits, and dozens of rainbow flags on the capital's streets. The theme of this year's parade was "¡Educacion formal de la sexualidad ya!" (Formal Teaching of Sexuality, Now!)

Mexico City Tourism Secretary Carlos Mackinlay welcomed those attending the parade, calling for gender equity policies, tolerance, openness, and democracy, the goals pursued in the Federal District in recent years.

Marchers shouted slogans during the parade in favor of respect for sexual diversity.

The band OV7 and more than 30 other artists performed in the Zocalo, Mexico City's largest plaza, at the end of the parade.