FILE - New York politicians and activists raise a rainbow flag on a pole in Christopher Park across the street from the Stonewall Inn, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026, in New York, a few days after it was removed by the ɫtv Park Service to comply with guidance from the Trump administration. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)
FILE - New York politicians and activists raise a rainbow flag on a pole in Christopher Park across the street from the Stonewall Inn, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026, in New York, a few days after it was removed by the ɫtv Park Service to comply with guidance from the Trump administration. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)
JJPride Month celebrations peak Sunday with big parades in New York, San Francisco and some other cities on the anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall uprising, which accelerated and transformed the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement.
Pride events often mix celebration and calls to action, reflecting the political winds, cultural climate and news around LGBTQ+ rights.
This month's parades and festivals around the U.S. have unfolded as President Donald Trump works to and diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. Among other moves, the Republican's administration earlier this year, then ultimately .
“As LGBTQIA+ events and symbols are being erased, it’s vital that our community have safe spaces to show up and march to make clear: We are here,” Chris Piedmont, a spokesperson for New York parade organizers Heritage of Pride, said in a statement Friday. “We will not be erased.”
Meanwhile, multiple Republican governors have promulgated ," sometimes openly describing them as a counter to Pride. Other , including Vice President JD Vance, criticized 's response to some San Francisco Giants players who to the rainbow-themed Pride Night caps they were issued.
Against that backdrop, the NYC Pride March and the San Francisco Pride Parade are setting out to further their legacies as some of the world's largest and oldest such celebrations.
Both trace their roots to events held in 1970 to commemorate the Stonewall rebellion on June 28, 1969, when patrons of a New York gay bar called the resisted a police raid and ended up kindling a wave of activism.
The Stonewall Inn still is a bar; the Stonewall monument centers on a small park across the street, about half a mile (about 0.8 km) from the Pride March route at its closest point.
Also set for Sunday in Manhattan is the newer Queer Liberation March, founded by and official.
This year, some transgender rights activists also pressured Pride organizers to bar some New York City hospitals' contingents from marching because the institutions announced in recent months that they would . The cutoff came amid from the Trump administration, and at least some of the hospitals also got federal Justice Department subpoenas for transgender patients' medical records. A judge has the document demand.
Heritage of Pride said it has been talking with the hospitals about the issue. The group also noted the parade contingents are organized by LGBTQ+ employee groups, not by the top administrators responsible for decisions about care.
A message was sent to San Francisco Pride organizers about whether they faced similar questions.
Other cities with Pride parades Sunday include Seattle, where a World Cup soccer match Friday after the countries whose teams involved — Iran and Egypt — to get the celebrations canceled.
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