The month-long celebration of LGBTQ+ Pride came to a joyous finale on Sunday, with rainbow-clad supporters marching through the streets of New York, Chicago, San Francisco and around the world.
These colorful celebrations will play a festive role party and political protestas participants recognized the community’s progress while also calling attention to anti-LGBTQ+ laws recently passed in states led by right-wing Republicans, such as laws banning transgender health care.
This year, tensions over the Gaza war between Israel and Hamas have also affected celebrations, causing people within the community to often align themselves on similar political issues.
Pro-Palestinian activists have disrupted pride parades in Boston, Denver and Philadelphia this month. Several groups at the march said they would focus on victims of the Gaza war, drawing criticism from Israel’s supporters.
“Protests at Pride are definitely more active this year,” said Sandra Perez, the group’s executive director. New York City pride. “But we were born out of protest.”
The first Pride parade was held in New York City in 1970 to mark the first anniversary of the Stonewall Inn uprising, a riot that was sparked by a police raid on a Manhattan gay bar.
In addition to the New York Pride parade, the largest in the nation, the city will host the Queer Liberation March on Sunday, an activist-focused event launched five years ago amid concerns that more mainstream parades were becoming too corporate change.
Another of the world’s largest Pride celebrations also kicks off Sunday in San Francisco. More marches are planned in Chicago, Minneapolis, Seattle and other parts of the country.
Federal agencies warned that foreign terrorist groups and their supporters could attack the parade and adjacent venues. Tight security is expected at all events, with public safety and welfare being the top priority.
These colorful celebrations will play a festive role party and political protestas participants recognized the community’s progress while also calling attention to anti-LGBTQ+ laws recently passed in states led by right-wing Republicans, such as laws banning transgender health care.
This year, tensions over the Gaza war between Israel and Hamas have also affected celebrations, causing people within the community to often align themselves on similar political issues.
Pro-Palestinian activists have disrupted pride parades in Boston, Denver and Philadelphia this month. Several groups at the march said they would focus on victims of the Gaza war, drawing criticism from Israel’s supporters.
“Protests at Pride are definitely more active this year,” said Sandra Perez, the group’s executive director. New York City pride. “But we were born out of protest.”
The first Pride parade was held in New York City in 1970 to mark the first anniversary of the Stonewall Inn uprising, a riot that was sparked by a police raid on a Manhattan gay bar.
In addition to the New York Pride parade, the largest in the nation, the city will host the Queer Liberation March on Sunday, an activist-focused event launched five years ago amid concerns that more mainstream parades were becoming too corporate change.
Another of the world’s largest Pride celebrations also kicks off Sunday in San Francisco. More marches are planned in Chicago, Minneapolis, Seattle and other parts of the country.
Federal agencies warned that foreign terrorist groups and their supporters could attack the parade and adjacent venues. Tight security is expected at all events, with public safety and welfare being the top priority.
