Two weeks after the Orlando shooting, the LGBTQ communities in San Francisco and New York held their annual parades. Tight security and memorials made this year more somber than years’ past, as marchers made sure Pulse victims were remembered with signs, photographs, and chants. Barbara Poma, the owner of Pulse, attended the New York City event. “Orlando and the world's gay community are strong and united,” she said. “We will not allow evil to prevail.”
A Weekend of Pride
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A person wears a sign that says “Orlando I love you” in Spanish while marching in the San Francisco LGBT Pride Parade in San Francisco, California, on June 26, 2016. #
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A man wears a hat that says “Make America Gay Again,” a parody of Donald Trump's campaign slogan, while watching the San Francisco LGBT Pride Parade in San Francisco, California, June 26, 2016. #
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Marchers hold a rainbow flag with photos of the victims of the Orlando mass shooting during the San Francisco LGBT Pride Parade in San Francisco, California, June 26, 2016. #
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Marchers participate in a die-in while holding pictures of those killed in the Orlando mass shooting as others in their contingent chant “silence equals death” at the San Francisco LGBT Pride Parade in San Francisco, California, June 26, 2016. #
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People take part in a moment of silence, behind photos of victims killed in the Orlando Pulse nightclub shooting, before the start of the annual NYC Pride parade in New York City, New York, June 26, 2016. #
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