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ARTICLE VIEW:
As DC welcomes the world for Pride, marchers spotlight rollbacks of
LGBTQ rights in US
By Julia Benbrook, Alison Main and Aileen Graef, CNN
Updated:
6:02 PM EDT, Sun June 8, 2025
Source: CNN
Even with a theme of reaching people around the world, US politics took
center stage as Washington, DC, hosted World Pride 2025, an
international festival celebrating the LGBTQ community.
The celebrations throughout the weekend, which included a parade, free
concerts featuring artists Cynthia Erivo and Doechii plus a march on
Sunday, marked the 50th anniversary of Pride celebrations in the
nation’s capital. Organizers described the as a moment to
“celebrate, educate, support, and inspire” the global LGBTQ
community.
“World Pride is occurring at a crucial time, bringing together voices
from around the world to support the LGBTQ+ community’s ongoing fight
for equality, visibility, and justice,” the event’s website notes,
describing this year’s festival as a “historic moment.”
Attendees at Sunday’s march, which traveled along the National Mall
and ended steps from the US Capitol, said the stakes of protecting the
LGBTQ community amid recent actions by the Trump administration hung
over the celebrations. The Trump administration has broadly pressured ,
taken steps to from serving in the military and for young people.
Liz Bauer, a first-grade teacher in DC, said she’s “really
worried” about the message the administration is sending to
transgender children, including those who she has taught in her
classroom.
“It’s really important that we continue to push back, even in small
ways, to find inclusive things that we can do for students, including
just giving them voices and giving them space,” Bauer said, “and
protecting every time that someone tries to change their ability to
exist because they’re still going to exist.”
Bauer said she hopes World Pride sends a message that “even though,
right now, decisions are being made that aren’t supporting everyone
and aren’t inclusive of everyone, that we’re still here.”
“We’re not going anywhere. We’re standing strong,” Bauer said.
“And even people who can’t speak for themselves, we’re going to
speak for them.”
The White House did not issue a proclamation recognizing Pride month
this year, a tradition first established by former President Bill
Clinton, who designated June as “Gay and Lesbian Pride Month” in .
Jay Abbit, who traveled from Hollywood, Florida, told CNN on Sunday
he’s concerned about the broader implications of Trump not
acknowledging Pride month.
“It’s just a microaggression and a dog whistle to his supporters,
and we need to push back against that,” Abbit said. “It’s not a
big thing, but it is a microaggression, and we need to talk, have these
conversations.”
Former Vice President Kamala Harris, meanwhile, appeared in a video at
Sunday’s rally, telling attendees Pride is a time to “celebrate the
progress we have made and recommit to the work still ahead.”
“In this moment, as you gather with friends and allies from across
the world, let us be clear, no one should be made to fight alone,”
Harris said. “We are all in this together.”
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