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Several gay addressed the crowd, including local organizers based in Washington and those who helped put on WorldPride. Tensions between New York City police and gay protesters of Greenwich Village erupted into more protests the next evening and again several nights later.

The activities took place Sunday under cloudy skies with scattered showers. Resist the marginalization and persecution of people just for being who they are. She said it is becoming harder to put on the uniform and "represent something I deeply disagree with.

The transgender community has been a primary target of the ensuing directives. President Donald Trump marked his first day in office by signing an executive order to dimantle diversity, equity and inclusion practices. But it was an urge to protest that brought them to the Lincoln Memorial on Sunday.

Featured Weekly Ad. LGBTQ activists are expected to join more than two million Americans across the country, including in the D.C. metro area, for a nationwide “No Kings” day protest against the Trump. Organizers warn that decades of progress in all human rights are under siege.

In the first days in office, Trump issued executive order barring anyone who is transgender from military service, setting a June 6 deadline for transgender troops to leave voluntarily. Add Topic. Miranda Burmeister, 29, and Danielle Caldwell, 33, drove seven hours from Connecticut to Washington to celebrate Pride and their wedding anniversary.

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Burmeister said World Pride has been uplifting and inspiring. Hear this story. Officers quickly lost control of the situation at the Stonewall Inn and attracted a crowd that was incited to riot. While she is not transgender, the year veteran said she knows many transgender troops who faced the decision of whether to leave the military voluntarily or stay and fight.

The rolling celebration passed the Stonewall Inn, a Greenwich Village gay bar where a police raid triggered protests and fired up the LGBTQ+ rights movement. The front of the Reflecting Pool at the Lincoln Memorial was packed with Pride flags and flags representing trans and bisexual communities.

June is Pride Monthwhich comes amid a seismic shift in federal policy as the Trump administration turns back the clock on diversity, equity and inclusion rights the queer community battled to attain.