Thousands of effusive marchers danced to club music in New York City streets Sunday as bubbles and confetti rained down, and fellow revelers from Toronto to San Francisco cheered through Pride Month's grand crescendo.
New York's boisterous throng strolled and danced down Fifth Avenue to Greenwich Village, cheering and waving rainbow flags to commemorate the 1969 Stonewall uprising, where a police raid on a gay bar triggered days of protests and launched the modern movement for LGBTQ2S+ rights.
Parades in New York, Chicago and San Francisco are among events that roughly 400 Pride organizations across the U.S. are holding this year, with many focused specifically on the rights of transgender people. The event, kicked off by the group Dykes on Bikes, featured dozens of colorful floats, some carrying strong messages against the wave of anti-transgender legislation in statehouses across the country.
In Chicago, a brief downpour at the beginning of the parade didn't deter parade goers, who took shelter under awnings, trees and umbrellas.Chicago's 52nd annual celebration on Sunday featured drag performers Marilyn Doll Traid and Selena Peres, as well as the Bud Billiken dancers, who received loud praise from the crowd as they represented the celebration of Black roots in Chicago's South Side.
"This year's theme is `Just Say Gay.' We feel so strongly about the legislation that's occurring, not only here in Texas, but in other states throughout the United States that are trying to put us back in the closet," Phillip Barcena, Pride San Antonio president, told KSAT. Lawmakers in 20 states have moved to ban gender-affirming care for children, and at least seven more are considering doing the same, adding increased urgency for the transgender community, its advocates say.
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