“Things are changing quickly and we have to take a stand and be noticed,” Reyes’ husband, Paul Brady, added. “We have to be as visible as possible,” said Reyes, wearing a silver body suit and gray and purple headpiece decorated with rhinestones.
The couple joined the “resistance contingent,” which led the parade and included representatives from several activist organizations. In San Francisco, revelers wearing rainbow tutus and boas held signs that read “No Ban, No Wall, Welcome Sisters and Brothers” while they danced to electronic music at a rally outside City Hall.įrank Reyes said he and his husband decided to march for the first time in many years because they felt a need to stand up for their rights. SAN FRANCISCO – Tens of thousands of people waving rainbow flags lined streets for gay 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.
