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Brazil's largest city São Paulo is the very definition of a megalopolis. Covering more than 3,067.2 sqare miles, the city has an estimated population of 21,616,060 people, which makes it the largest city in South America and the third largest metropolitan area in the world. It should come as no surprise then that yesterday São Paulo hosted the world's largest LGBTQ Pride celebration. While crowd counts are still being finalized, it is estimated that up to three million people, including 400,000 tourists, crowded along the 3-kilometer stretch of Paulista Avenue, the city's main thoroughfare, to celebrate. By comparison, Gay Pride yesterday in Rome, Italy, saw only about 50,000 participants while approximately 1,500 people attended the Pride celebration in Warsaw, Poland. For the past 13 years, Brazilian politicians have worked very hard to throw a party that keeps bringing gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgendered individuals along with their friends and families back year after year. This year, José Serra, governor of the state of São Paulo and early favorite to win the Brazilian presidency next year, attended the festivities and publicly promised his support for same-sex civil unions. See the amazing crowds who gathered yesterday in São Paulo in the video clip (after the jump).