“This hostile rhetoric, the lengths to which they’ve gone to punish people for existing as LGBTQ, all of it is a testament to just how much our power scares them,” said Wolf, noting that Washington’s pushback against Pride comes as the city hosts ...

The city holds a local Pride parade annually. But this year’s event will be much bigger, as Washington hosts the WorldPride Parade, which attracts visitors from around the world. Sydney hosted it last time, and Amsterdam is up next.

Demonstrators gathered in Washington on Sunday for World Pride, a bi-annual event that this year took on political overtones.