Elijah Nouvelage, Getty ImagesPeople dance in the annual LGBTQI Pride Parade on June 25, 2017 in San Francisco, California. The LGBT community descended on Market Street for the 47th annual Pride Parade
Jeff Chiu, The Associated PressRandy Burns, co-founder of Gay American Indians, walks during the Pride parade in San Francisco, Sunday, June 25, 2017.
Arun Sankar, AFP/Getty ImagesIndian members of the LGBT community take part in a pride parade, calling for freedom from discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation, in Chennai on June 25, 2017.
Spencer Platt, Getty ImagesPeople march down 5th Ave. in the annual New York Gay Pride Parade, one of the oldest and largest in the world on June 25, 2017 in New York City. Thouands cheered as members of LGBT community danced and marched under a bright summer sun. Many participants carried political themed signs as President Trump's adminstration has angered some in the LGBT community.
Arun Sankar, AFP/Getty ImagesAn Indian member of the LGBT community takes part in a pride parade, calling for freedom from discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation, in Chennai on June 25, 2017.
Ezequiel Becerra, AFP/Getty ImagesRevellers take part in the Gay Pride Parade in San Jose, on June 25, 2017.
Marvin Recinos, AFP/Getty ImagesTOPSHOT - A reveller takes part in the Gay Pride Parade in San Salvador, on June 24, 2017.
Spencer Platt, Getty ImagesPeople march down 5th Ave. in the annual New York Gay Pride Parade, one of the oldest and largest in the world on June 25, 2017 in New York City. Thouands cheered as members of LGBT community danced and marched under a bright summer sun. Many participants carried political themed signs as President Trump's adminstration has angered some in the LGBT community.
Spencer Platt, Getty ImagesTwo female police officers embrace as people march down 5th Ave. in the annual New York Gay Pride Parade, one of the oldest and largest in the world on June 25, 2017 in New York City. Thouands cheered as members of LGBT community danced and marched under a bright summer sun. Many participants carried political themed signs as President Trump's adminstration has angered some in the LGBT community.
Spencer Platt, Getty ImagesParticipants in the annual New York Gay Pride Parade, one of the oldest and largest in the world, march in the West Village in Manhattan on June 25, 2017 in New York City. Thouands cheered as members of LGBT community danced and marched under a bright summer sun. Many participants carried political themed signs as President Trump's adminstration has angered some in the LGBT community.
Dykes on Bikes in their customary spot, at the head of the 2017 Ashley Rukes GLBT Pride Parade on Hennepin Avenue in downtown Minneapolis, June 25, 2017.
Spencer Platt, Getty ImagesPeople march down 5th Ave. in the annual New York Gay Pride Parade, one of the oldest and largest in the world on June 25, 2017 in New York City. Thouands cheered as members of LGBT community danced and marched under a bright summer sun. Many participants carried political themed signs as President Trump's adminstration has angered some in the LGBT community.
Javier Soriano, AFP/Getty ImagesRunners with fancy clothes and accessories take part in the Race of Diversity as part of the WorldPride 2017 celebrations in Madrid on June 25, 2017. Some three million revellers are expected in the Spanish capital as the city hosts WorldPride 2017, one of the biggest and most important celebrations of gay, lesbian and transsexual rights.
Ezequiel Becerra, AFP/Getty ImagesRevellers take part in the Gay Pride Parade in San Jose, on June 25, 2017.
A flamboyant cowboy prances and sashays his way along the 2017 Ashley Rukes GLBT Pride Parade route, to the crowd's amusement on Hennepin Avenue in downtown Minneapolis, June 25, 2017.
Spencer Platt, Getty ImagesA police officer stands guard as participants in the annual New York Gay Pride Parade, one of the oldest and largest in the world, make their down 5th Avenue in Manhattan on June 25, 2017 in New York City. Thouands cheered as members of LGBT community danced and marched under a bright summer sun. Many participants carried political themed signs as President Trump's adminstration has angered some in the LGBT community.
Elijah Nouvelage, Getty ImagesSome bystanders become excited after seeing one of the stars of the Netflix series '13 Reasons Why' at the annual LGBTQI Pride Parade on June 25, 2017 in San Francisco, California. The LGBT community descended on Market Street for the 47th annual Pride Parade
Elijah Nouvelage, Getty ImagesA woman holds a sign saying 'Aloha Trumps Hate' while participating in the annual LGBTQI Pride Parade on June 25, 2017 in San Francisco, California. The LGBT community descended on Market Street for the 47th annual Pride Parade
Spencer Platt, Getty ImagesPeople cheer for marchers walking down 5th Ave. in the annual New York Gay Pride Parade, one of the oldest and largest in the world on June 25, 2017 in New York City. Thouands cheered as members of LGBT community danced and marched under a bright summer sun. Many participants carried political themed signs as President Trump's adminstration has angered some in the LGBT community.
Elijah Nouvelage, Getty ImagesA man holds a 'Black Lives Matter' sign while participating in the annual LGBTQI Pride Parade on June 25, 2017 in San Francisco, California. The LGBT community descended on Market Street for the 47th annual Pride Parade
Spencer Platt, Getty ImagesParticipants in the annual New York Gay Pride Parade, one of the oldest and largest in the world, march in the West Village in Manhattan on June 25, 2017 in New York City. Thouands cheered as members of LGBT community danced and marched under a bright summer sun. Many participants carried political themed signs as President Trump's adminstration has angered some in the LGBT community.
Spencer Platt, Getty ImagesPeople march down 5th Ave. in the annual New York Gay Pride Parade, one of the oldest and largest in the world on June 25, 2017 in New York City. Thouands cheered as members of LGBT community danced and marched under a bright summer sun. Many participants carried political themed signs as President Trump's adminstration has angered some in the LGBT community.
Bulent Kilic, AFP/Getty ImagesTurkish riot police officers block ways to Istikjlal avenue for LGBT rights activist (C) as they try to gather for a pride parade, which was banned by the governorship, in central Istanbul, on June 25, 2017.
Bulent Kilic, AFP/Getty ImagesTurkish riot police officers block ways to Istikjlal avenue for LGBT rights activist as they try to gather for a pride parade, which was banned by the governorship, in central Istanbul, on June 25, 2017.
Bulent Kilic (photo Credit Should Read Bulent Kilic) *** Bestpix ***, AFP/Getty ImagesTOPSHOT - A plain-clothes police officer kicks a member of a group of LGBT rights activist as Turkish police prevent them from going ahead with a Gay Pride annual parade on June 25, 2017 in Istanbul, a day after it was banned by the city governor's office. Police fired rubber bullets at a group of around 40 activists, an AFP journalist reported, a day after the city governor's office banned the parade citing safety and public order concerns.
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NEW YORK — Thousands of people lined the streets for LGBT pride parades Sunday in coast-to-coast events that took both celebratory and political tones, the latter a reaction to what some see as new threats to gay rights in the Trump era.
In a year when leaders are anxious about the president’s agenda, parade organizers in New York and San Francisco were more focused on protest. In New York, for instance, grand marshals from the American Civil Liberties Union were chosen to represent a “resistance movement.”
Activists have been galled by the Trump administration’s rollback of federal guidance advising school districts to let transgender students use the bathrooms and locker rooms of their choice. The Republican president also broke from President Obama’s practice of issuing a proclamation in honor of Pride Month.