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Trans actor and activist Laverne Cox was Grand Marshall on Saturday at the World Pride Parade that flooded the streets of Washington, DC.
Reuters reports the massed parade route passed within one block of the White House grounds in one of the final main events of the weeks-long World Pride gathering, as participants waved rainbow flags and danced.
Members of the House LGBT Congressional-Staff Association and the Senate GLASS Caucus People participate in the parade for the 2025 World Pride DC in Washington D.C., USA, Saturday, June 7, 2025. (DOMINIC GWINN/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
One rainbow flag was the length of three football fields and flowed through the streets carried by 500 members of the Gay Men’s Chorus of D.C. to kick off the parade.
During the event, Cox was asked by a reporter for a reaction to “this administration’s anti-trans bills” in general and President Donald Trump in particular.
He simply replied, “fuck him.”
On his first day in office, Trump authorised executive orders that declared the federal government would recognize only two genders — men and women, as Breitbart News reported.
His stated aim was – and remains – defending women from “gender ideology extremism” and making it clear that “basing federal policy on truth is critical” for the health of the nation.
A member of the Metropolitan Police Department is pictured at the World Pride parade, Saturday, June 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Trump has also banned diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies across federal agencies.
Asked about the president’s position on World Pride, a spokesman for the White House told the BBC that Trump was “fostering a sense of national pride that should be celebrated daily” and that he was “honoured to serve all Americans”.
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