Glasgow's Pride festival has centred around a call for inclusive education in a bid to stamp out discrimination in Scotland's schools.

The theme backs the Time for Inclusive Education (TIE) campaign for a government commitment for mandatory teaching of LGBTI issues to tackle high rates of homophobia, biphobia and transphobia in Scottish schools.

Thousands of people took part in the annual Pride parade on Saturday and speakers addressed a rally before the start of the march from Glasgow Green.

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Among the speakers was Scottish Green Party co-convener Partick Harvie who said: "We've got a local election in just over eight months time.

"Let's make sure that none of our parties select candidates for that election that do not support the TIE campaign and that way when we meet here again in a year's time we'll know that all of local government in Scotland is backing our justified demands for inclusive education in Scotland."

On the morning of the parade, Nicola Sturgeon recorded a message, saying: "I know the theme of this year's event is inclusive education and that for the Scottish Government is so important, making sure that education is a place where we challenge discrimination and allow everybody to flourish."

She added: "Events like Glasgow Pride are so important - important because they allow all of us to celebrate LGBTI equality but also because they allow us to stand shoulder to shoulder with the LGBTI community to challenge discrimination and prejudice where it still exists."

Equalities Secretary Angela Constance spoke at the Equality Network's float and said the event is an opportunity to show solidarity with the LGBTI community in the wake of the Orlando atrocity.

In June, 49 people were killed and dozens more were injured in an attack on a gay night club in Orlando, Florida.

Ms Constance said: "Pride Glasgow is an opportunity to celebrate LGBTI communities and to present a unified front by standing and marching together against hate crime.

"Showing this solidarity is even more important in the wake of recent atrocities in Orlando and the persecution LGBTI people in other parts of the world face on a daily basis.

"Scotland should be proud of the progress we've made to tackle LGBTI inequalities but we cannot be complacent. To eradicate hate crime we all need to take responsibility for challenging any prejudice and discrimination in our society.

"We will continue to work to address any inequalities that exist by uniting against hate crime and updating our gender recognition laws."

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Equality Network director Tim Hopkins said: "The event is themed around the vital importance of making our education system LGBTI-inclusive, to address prejudice and ensure that LGBTI young people know that their identity is fully respected and valued.

"We also very much welcome the Scottish Government's commitment to bring our gender recognition law up to international best practice, and we look forward to helping the Government ensure that Scotland retains its place amongst Europe's leaders on legal equality for LGBTI people."