New York City pride parade spokesman James Fallarino said if there are any disruptions or protests, organizers will "do everything in our power to respect the people who are disrupting or protesting and to respect their message. "Pride is for gay people in general," Dias said. New York paradegoers Zhane Smith-Garris, 20, Olivia Rengifo, 19 and Sierra Dias, 20, all black women from New Jersey, said they didn't feel there was inequality in the movement. Toronto police invite to NYC Pride parade 'a slap in the face' to those demanding change.The large "resistance contingent" leading San Francisco's parade includes groups that represent women, immigrants, blacks and others along with LGBT people. "The pride celebration is a platform for that dialogue to happen," San Francisco Pride board president Michelle Meow said this week. Meanwhile, pride march organizers have taken steps to address the criticisms about diversity. On Friday, organizers apologized and said the officers are welcome to march. During late June, San Francisco Pride draws more than 1 million people to events like a parade and a festival that overtakes the Civic Center and city streets. The city's openly gay police chief called the decision divisive and hurtful to LGBT officers. In Minneapolis, organizers of Sunday's Twin Cities Pride Parade initially asked the police department to limit its participation, with the chairwoman saying the sight of uniformed officers could foster "angst and tension and the feeling of unrest" after a suburban officer's acquittal this month in the deadly shooting of Philando Castile, a black man, during a traffic stop. Andrew Cuomo said the state would continue to lead the way on equality - and Washington would eventually listen.Ī boy carries a rainbow flag Saturday near the Stonewall Inn, on the eve of the LGBT Pride March, in the Greenwich Village section of New York City. "I think we're going to overcome it and show Trump who's boss, well, who's the real boss."Įarlier Sunday, New York Gov. Filename: SFPRIDE16.jpg Copyright: Saul Bromberger/Sandra Hoover Photography Image Size: 1250x833. "But I think with all these people here, they're going to show we're fighting back and we're proud of who we are," she said. Kendall Bermudez, 21, from New Jersey, said she thought people might be afraid to come out this year. Revellers started to line up early Sunday for the march, waving rainbow flags. The Republican president also broke from Democratic predecessor Barack Obama's practice of issuing a proclamation in honour of Pride Month. LGBT activists have been galled by the Trump administration's rollback of federal guidance advising school districts to let transgender students use the bathrooms and locker rooms of their choice.
Some activists feel pride events are centred on gay white men and unconcerned with issues that matter particularly to minorities in the movement, such as economic inequality and policing. A San Francisco police officer marches in the San Francisco LGBT Pride Parade.