In western nations where LGBTQ+ people are protected and acceptance is high, many pride events have grown in scale, welcoming millions of visitors to their celebrations. Over the past 50 years, pride events, marches and demonstrations have evolved considerably.
Although there are still obstacles in achieving full acceptance and protections for the LGBTQ+ community, the progress made just over the past few decades has been significant. Depending on the country or city where the event is being held, the marches and parades often campaign for recognition and acceptance of same-sex marriage, legal protections for couples and families, anti-discrimination laws or trans rights.
While the aim of pride day started with a political nature, many cities around the world have such wide acceptance and legal protections that many events have become a celebration of pride for the local LGBTQ+ community. Gay Pride or rather LGBTQ+ pride events (used to be more inclusive), including pride parades and festivals were started in major urban centers to improve the visibility, acceptance and legal protections for LGBTQ+ people living in those communities. The global landscape for LGBTQ+ rights, protections and acceptance varies tremendously by location, with some destinations attracting millions of visitors to their events like Madrid Gay Pride, Sao Paulo Gay Pride or San Francisco Gay Pride, while more than 70 other countries have laws that allow discrimination or persecution of LGBTQ+ people. Sarah Palin, the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee.The LGBTQ+ rights movement has made tremendous strides over the past few decades and much of the progress in visibility is thanks in part to gay pride parades and marches that have taken place in cities around the world. After he launched a YouTube video explaining why he had decided to #WalkAway from the Democratic Party, he quickly became a right-wing social media phenomenon, with appearances on Fox News and more than a half-million Twitter followers, including Donald Trump Jr. In 2018, Brandon Straka was an unknown gay hairstylist and aspiring actor. #WalkAway founder Brandon Straka with Jeanine Pirro on Fox News. Others have incorporated their support for Team Trump into their influencer brands, like lesbian YouTuber Arielle Scarcella, gay political commentator Dave Rubin and bi glam rocker Ricky Rebel, who appeared at the Grammys in red leather chaps with the words "IMPEACH THIS" written across his backside. The Obama administration, in particular the second term, really added a lot of environmental regulations that slowed down the economy." "I think, pre-Covid, he did a remarkable job for minority communities in employment. "By deregulating a lot of things, it's really freed up the economy," he said. "For all the reasons that other people vote for whoever they vote for, we're going to go in the same direction." Kabel said he likes how Trump "understands business." "People on the left like to forget we're not just LGBT - we're homeowners, we're parents, we're business owners," said William, 52.
On May 31, 2019, he recognized June as Pride Month for the first time in a series of tweets that doubled down on his commitment to decriminalizing homosexuality abroad. The national LGBTQ rights group GLAAD has accused the Trump administration of 181 separate attacks on the community since his inauguration.īut as the 2020 election cycle heated up, Trump started making overtures again. Once in office, however, Trump has consistently opposed LGBTQ rights - from rolling back Obama-era nondiscrimination protections to banning openly transgender service members in the military. Then Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump holds a rainbow flag given to him by a supporter during a campaign rally at the University of Northern Colorado on Oct. At the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Trump swore "to protect our LGBTQ citizens from the violence and oppression of a hateful foreign ideology."Īnd two days before Election Day, he grabbed an upside-down Pride flag inscribed with "LGBT for Trump" at a rally in Colorado and waved it around.