Several states have put laws in place prohibiting transgender athletes from participating in team sports that coincide with the gender in which they identify.Īccording to an Anti-Defamation League survey released earlier this week, members of LGBTQ communities were more likely than any other group to experience harassment.
“It has gone from being a statement of advocacy and protest to being much more of a celebration of gay life,” Sean Clarkin, 67, said of New York City’s annual parade while enjoying a drink recently at Julius’, one of the oldest gay bars in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village. The warning shot from the nation’s top court came after a year of legislative defeats for the LGBTQ community, including the passage of laws in some states limiting the discussion of sexual orientation or gender identity with children.Īs anti-gay sentiments resurface, some are pushing for the parades to return to their roots - less blocks-long street parties, more overtly civil rights marches. “Even in spite of the majority on the court that’s anti our Constitution, our country knows and loves our LGBTQI+ community,” she told KGO-TV. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who rode in a convertible holding a gavel and a rainbow fan, said the large turnout was an acknowledgement that Americans support gay rights. In San Francisco, some marchers and spectators held signs condemning the court’s abortion ruling.