As a result, the Trump administration has instilled fear in gay people hoping to immigrate to the United States to escape countries that don't protect gay rights, transgender students at public schools who no longer have the protections outlined by the Obama administration, and HIV-positive LGBT Americans depending on the Affordable Care Act for medication who fear the loss of health care under the GOP's repeal and replacement legislation, said Chad Griffin, president of the Human Rights Campaign, an LGBT civil rights group.
Tens of thousands of people dressed in rainbow attire and waving protest signs walked en masse through Los Angeles on Sunday in a "Resist March" against U.S. President Donald Trump, an event that took the place of the city's annual Pride parade.
Capital Pride and the march aren't officially affiliated, but they support each other and have worked together so that participants in one can join the other.
Throngs of marchers, many thousands strong, paraded past the White House and toward the Capitol, trailing behind a giant rainbow flag near the head of the procession.
"We are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer".
The Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, is set to open its doors early Monday in remembrance of victims of the mass shooting there on June 12, 2016, that left 49 people dead. Speakers included Mayor Eric Garcetti, U.S. Reps. "I will tell you who the better friend is".
Waters led the crowd in a chant of "Impeach 45".
"We need to be out here to tell people that God loves them for who they are and who they love", said the Rev. Alex Dyer, 38, an Episcopal priest from Washington who marched in the parade with his husband and 2-year-old daughter.
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As well as Pelosi in attendance, California Senator Kamala Harris tweeted out her support for the Resist March, writing on Twitter: "There's nothing more powerful than a group of determined people marching and standing up for what we know is right".
A large-scale "Equality March" is planned for Sunday in Washington, with organizers saying they want to combat anti-LGBT rhetoric in the country.
Back in Washington, the activist leaders on hand included Sarah Kate Ellis, president of GLAAD, which monitors media coverage of the LGBT community.
The change came as President Donald Trump failed to acknowledge June as Pride month in the US, opting not to issue a statement in support of the LGBTQ community as his predecessor Barack Obama had done.
Aho says she wanted to show "all the little kids" who might feel different that there are "lots of people like them". "There absolutely is a resistance aspect to this march".
Gregory Elfers with the New York City Gay Men's Chorus sings as he marches along Constitution Ave.
A marcher hold a sign that reads "Love is Love is Love" on the National Mall.
David Crary reported from NY.
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