“We just have to show this administration, that we are united, that we cannot be broken,“ said Amy Froelich, a 46-year-old artist and teacher, dressed in a rainbow-colored jumpsuit.
“All of our laws and any protections that we’ve been working so hard for (are) getting reversed.”
Since returning to power in January, Donald Trump and his administration have slapped back LGBTQ rights gained in recent decades, in particular by members of the trans community.
Transgender American actress Laverne Cox, best known for her role in the series “Orange is the New Black,“ addressed the crowd at the parade starting line.
“I don’t have any faith in our government... but I have faith in you.”
A few meters away, standing on the roof of the first bus in the parade, Yasmin Benoit, who came from Britain to show support for the US LGBT community, waved to the crowd.
Benoit said she had been detained by border police upon her arrival in the United States, but was finally allowed to enter.
Trump's policies are on the minds of many taking part in this year's festival.
Her wife, she said, had been working as a federal civil servant, but had been forced to change careers amid government funding cuts.
“People are just hiding again.”
Trying to cool off with his fan under the blazing Washington sun, Bill George, 74, said he had come “to celebrate who we are.”
The retiree, who came out in 1975, has taken part in a number of demonstrations for LGBTQ rights, as well as for human rights and civil rights over the years.
“We will protest everything that he’s doing that we think is unfair.”
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