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NBC News
30-06-2025
- Politics
- NBC News
NYC, San Francisco and other U.S. cities cap Pride Month with a mix of party and protest
The monthlong celebration of LGBTQ Pride reached its rainbow-laden crescendo Sunday as huge crowds took part in jubilant, daylong street parties from New York to San Francisco. Pride celebrations typically weave politics and protest together with colorful pageantry, but this year's iterations took a decidedly more defiant stance as Republicans, led by President Donald Trump, have sought to roll back LGBTQ friendly policies. The theme of the festivities in Manhattan was, appropriately, "Rise Up: Pride in Protest." San Francisco's Pride theme was "Queer Joy is Resistance," while Seattle was simply "Louder." Lance Brammer, a 56-year-old teacher from Ohio attending his first Pride parade in New York, said he felt "validated" as he marveled at the sheer size of the city's celebration, the nation's oldest and largest. "With the climate that we have politically, it just seems like they're trying to do away with the whole LGBTQ community, especially the trans community," he said wearing a vivid, multicolored shirt. "And it just shows that they've got a fight ahead of them if they think that they're going to do that with all of these people here and all of the support." In San Francisco, Xander Briere said the LGBTQ+ community is fighting for its very survival in the face of sustained attacks and changing public sentiment, particularly against transgender people. "We're slowly rolling back the clock, and it's unfortunate and it's scary," the program specialist at the San Francisco Community Health Center said. "It feels like the world hates us right now, but this is a beautiful community celebration of resistance, of history to show the world that we are here and we are not going anywhere." Manhattan's parade wound its way down Fifth Avenue with more than 700 participating groups greeted by huge crowds. The rolling celebration passed the Stonewall Inn, a Greenwich Village gay bar where a 1969 police raid triggered protests and fired up the LGBTQ+ rights movement. The first pride march, held in New York City in 1970, commemorated the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall uprising. The site is now a national monument. Meanwhile, marchers in San Francisco, host to another of the world's largest Pride events, headed down the California city's central Market Street to concert stages set up at the Civic Center Plaza. Denver, Chicago, Seattle, Minneapolis and Toronto, Canada, were among the other major North American cities that hosted Pride parades Sunday. Several global cities including Tokyo, Paris and Sao Paulo, held their events earlier this month while others come later in the year, including London in July and Rio de Janeiro in November. Since taking office in January, Trump has taken specific aim at transgender people, removing them from the military, preventing federal insurance programs from paying for gender-affirming surgeries for young people and attempting to keep transgender athletes out of girls and women's sports. "We have to be visible. We have to come together. We have to fight. Our existence is trying to be erased," said Jahnel Butler, one of the community grand marshals at the San Francisco parade. Peter McLaughlin said he's lived in New York for years but has never attended the Pride parade. The 34-year-old Brooklyn resident said he felt compelled this year as a transgender man. "A lot of people just don't understand that letting people live doesn't take away from their own experience, and right now it's just important to show that we're just people," McLaughlin said. Gabrielle Meighan, 23, of New Jersey, said she felt it was important to come out to this year's celebrations because they come days after the tenth anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark June 26, 2015, ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges that recognized same-sex marriage nationwide. Manhattan also hosted on Sunday the Queer Liberation March, an activism-centered event launched in recent years amid concerns that the more mainstream parade had become too corporate. Marchers holding signs that included "Gender affirming care saves lives" and "No Pride in apartheid" headed north from the city's AIDS Memorial to Columbus Circle near Central Park. Among the other headwinds faced by gay rights groups this year is the loss of corporate sponsorship. American companies have pulled back support of Pride events, reflecting a broader walking back of diversity and inclusion efforts amid shifting public sentiment. NYC Pride said earlier this month that about 20% of its corporate sponsors dropped or reduced support, including PepsiCo and Nissan. Organizers of San Francisco Pride said they lost the support of five major corporate donors, including Comcast and Anheuser-Busch.
Boston Globe
29-06-2025
- Politics
- Boston Globe
NYC, San Francisco, and other cities cap LGBTQ+ Pride month with a mix of party and protest
Lance Brammer, a 56-year-old teacher from Ohio attending his first Pride parade in New York, said he felt 'validated' as he marveled at the sheer size of the city's celebration, the nation's oldest and largest. 'With the climate that we have politically, it just seems like they're trying to do away with the whole LGBTQ community, especially the trans community,' he said, wearing a vivid, multicolored shirt. 'And it just shows that they've got a fight ahead of them if they think that they're going to do that with all of these people here and all of the support.' Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up In San Francisco, Xander Briere said the LGBTQ+ community is fighting for its very survival in the face of sustained attacks and changing public sentiment, particularly against transgender people. Advertisement 'We're slowly rolling back the clock, and it's unfortunate and it's scary,' the program specialist at the San Francisco Community Health Center said. 'It feels like the world hates us right now, but this is a beautiful community celebration of resistance, of history to show the world that we are here and we are not going anywhere.' Advertisement Manhattan's parade wound its way down Fifth Avenue with more than 700 participating groups greeted by huge crowds. The rolling celebration passed the Stonewall Inn, a Greenwich Village gay bar where a 1969 police raid triggered protests and fired up the LGBTQ+ rights movement. The first pride march, held in New York City in 1970, commemorated the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall uprising. The site is now a national monument. Meanwhile, marchers in San Francisco, host to another of the world's largest Pride events, headed down the California city's central Market Street to concert stages set up at the Civic Center Plaza. Denver, Chicago, Seattle, Minneapolis, and Toronto, Canada, were among the other major North American cities that hosted Pride parades Sunday. Several global cities, including Tokyo, Paris, and Sao Paulo, held their events earlier this month, while others come later in the year, including London in July and Rio de Janeiro in November. Since taking office in January, Trump has taken specific aim at transgender people, removing them from the military, preventing federal insurance programs from paying for gender-affirming surgeries for young people, and attempting to keep transgender athletes out of girls' and women's sports. 'We have to be visible. We have to come together. We have to fight. Our existence is trying to be erased,' said Jahnel Butler, one of the community grand marshals at the San Francisco parade. Peter McLaughlin said he's lived in New York for years but has never attended the Pride parade. The 34-year-old Brooklyn resident said he felt compelled this year as a transgender man. Advertisement 'A lot of people just don't understand that letting people live doesn't take away from their own experience, and right now it's just important to show that we're just people,' McLaughlin said. Gabrielle Meighan, 23, of New Jersey, said she felt it was important to come out to this year's celebrations because they come days after the tenth anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark June 26, 2015, ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges that recognized same-sex marriage nationwide. Manhattan also hosted on Sunday the Queer Liberation March, an activism-centered event launched in recent years amid concerns that the more mainstream parade had become too corporate. Marchers holding signs that included 'Gender affirming care saves lives' and 'No Pride in apartheid' headed north from the city's AIDS Memorial to Columbus Circle near Central Park. Among the other headwinds faced by gay rights groups this year is the loss of corporate sponsorship. American companies have pulled back support of Pride events, reflecting a broader walking back of diversity and inclusion efforts amid shifting public sentiment. NYC Pride said earlier this month that about 20 percent of its corporate sponsors dropped or reduced support, including PepsiCo and Nissan. Organizers of San Francisco Pride said they lost the support of five major corporate donors, including Comcast and Anheuser-Busch.
Boston Globe
29-06-2025
- Politics
- Boston Globe
NYC, San Francisco and other US cities cap LGBTQ+ Pride month with a mix of party and protest
Lance Brammer, a 56-year-old teacher from Ohio attending his first Pride parade in New York, said he felt 'validated' as he marveled at the sheer size of the city's celebration, the nation's oldest and largest. 'With the climate that we have politically, it just seems like they're trying to do away with the whole LGBTQ community, especially the trans community,' he said wearing a vivid, multicolored shirt. 'And it just shows that they've got a fight ahead of them if they think that they're going to do that with all of these people here and all of the support.' Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up In San Francisco, Xander Briere said the LGBTQ+ community is fighting for its very survival in the face of sustained attacks and changing public sentiment, particularly against transgender people. Advertisement 'We're slowly rolling back the clock, and it's unfortunate and it's scary,' the program specialist at the San Francisco Community Health Center said. 'It feels like the world hates us right now, but this is a beautiful community celebration of resistance, of history to show the world that we are here and we are not going anywhere.' Advertisement Manhattan's parade wound its way down Fifth Avenue with more than 700 participating groups greeted by huge crowds. The rolling celebration passed the Stonewall Inn, a Greenwich Village gay bar where a 1969 police raid triggered protests and fired up the LGBTQ+ rights movement. The first pride march, held in New York City in 1970, commemorated the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall uprising. The site is now a national monument. Meanwhile, marchers in San Francisco, host to another of the world's largest Pride events, headed down the California city's central Market Street to concert stages set up at the Civic Center Plaza. Denver, Chicago, Seattle, Minneapolis and Toronto, Canada, were among the other major North American cities that hosted Pride parades Sunday. Several global cities including Tokyo, Paris and Sao Paulo, held their events earlier this month while others come later in the year, including London in July and Rio de Janeiro in November. Since taking office in January, Trump has taken specific aim at transgender people, removing them from the military, preventing federal insurance programs from paying for gender-affirming surgeries for young people and attempting to keep transgender athletes out of girls and women's sports. 'We have to be visible. We have to come together. We have to fight. Our existence is trying to be erased,' said Jahnel Butler, one of the community grand marshals at the San Francisco parade. Peter McLaughlin said he's lived in New York for years but has never attended the Pride parade. The 34-year-old Brooklyn resident said he felt compelled this year as a transgender man. Advertisement 'A lot of people just don't understand that letting people live doesn't take away from their own experience, and right now it's just important to show that we're just people,' McLaughlin said. Gabrielle Meighan, 23, of New Jersey, said she felt it was important to come out to this year's celebrations because they come days after the tenth anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark June 26, 2015, ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges that recognized same-sex marriage nationwide. Manhattan also hosted on Sunday the Queer Liberation March, an activism-centered event launched in recent years amid concerns that the more mainstream parade had become too corporate. Marchers holding signs that included 'Gender affirming care saves lives' and 'No Pride in apartheid' headed north from the city's AIDS Memorial to Columbus Circle near Central Park. Among the other headwinds faced by gay rights groups this year is the loss of corporate sponsorship. American companies have pulled back support of Pride events, reflecting a broader walking back of diversity and inclusion efforts amid shifting public sentiment. NYC Pride said earlier this month that about 20% of its corporate sponsors dropped or reduced support, including PepsiCo and Nissan. Organizers of San Francisco Pride said they lost the support of five major corporate donors, including Comcast and Anheuser-Busch. Associated Press video journalists Ted Shaffrey in New York and Haven Daley in San Francisco contributed to this story.
Axios
26-06-2025
- Health
- Axios
California LGBTQ+ youth lose suicide hotline support
The Trump administration is removing suicide counselors for LGBTQ+ youth from the 988 crisis hotline. Why it matters: Those kids already face barriers to mental health care in California. President Trump is targeting a group that is more than four times as likely than its peers to attempt suicide. Driving the news: Starting July 17, callers will no longer be connected to the Trevor Project 's specialized hotline, because the service ran out of congressionally directed funding, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. The hotline's general services will remain available. What they're saying: "This is devastating, and we fear there will be compounding consequences. It is intentionally cruel for this to happen during Pride month," said Lance Toma, CEO of the San Francisco Community Health Center. Zoom in: The San Francisco metro area is home to the highest concentration of LGBTQ+ people in the U.S., per 2021 Williams Institute estimates. Stunning stat: 35% of LGBTQ+ young people in California, including 39% of transgender and nonbinary youth, seriously considered suicide in the past year, according to a 2024 survey by The Trevor Project. Both figures are slightly lower than the nationwide statistics. Between the lines: As some providers scale back services for LGBTQ+ youth, Toma told Axios that his organization will continue to provide gender-affirming medical care, case management and mental health services through their drop-in clinic TransThrive, and housing support via the Taimon Booton Navigation Center. "Right now, LGBTQ+ youth need to know they are not alone. They belong. And we are fighting for them," Toma said. State of play: California lands near the middle of the pack when it comes to using 988, which launched in 2022 to help address America's mental health crisis. By the numbers: California saw a rate of 25.5 contacts per 1,000 people last year, making it the 21st-highest in the nation, per new research published in JAMA Network Open. The national average was 23.7. Alaska (45.3) and Vermont (40.2) had the highest 988 contact rates among states in 2024, while Delaware (12.5) and Alabama (14.4) had the lowest.
India Today
02-06-2025
- India Today
Video: 4 on bike killed in deadly SUV crash on UP highway, riders flung into air
An SUV collided with a motorcycle on the Gorakhpur-Varanasi National Highway in Uttar Pradesh, killing all four individuals on the two-wheeler. All four were on a single bike when it was hit by a Grand Vitara, causing two of them to be flung into the air while the other two were dragged on the bonnet for about 100 meters before the vehicle came to a stop, according to eyewitnesses, police and the CCTV footage accessed by India Today the CCTV footage, the four friends seated on an Apache motorcycle are seen overtaking a tractor before an SUV coming from the Gorakhpur side collides with them. At the point of impact, two were flung a few meters into the air before landing on the road. The driver subsequently fled the scene and has yet to be caught. Among the four deceased, Rahul was set to be engaged on June 1, while his friend Arvind had returned from Bangkok just a week ago. The others included Sunil, a father of two daughters, and Pradeep. Following the incident that occurred at around 9:50 am on Sunday, locals rushed the four individuals to a nearby Community Health Center (CHC) where Pradeep, Sunil, and Arvind were declared dead on arrival. Rahul was referred to the district hospital but succumbed to his injuries on the way. The four friends were on their way back home when the accident Rahul's body arrived at his home amid preparations for his engagement. Rahul, an only child, was scheduled to get married few days after his engagement ceremony on June police have registered a case against the missing driver and the bodies have been sent for postmortem. An investigation is currently underway.
