WorldPride in Washington: Feast of defiance of Donald Trump
According to Washington, this year’s World Pride Capital – Yesterday, WorldPride concluded in the city, a global celebration of culture and identity of the LGBTQ community – many rainbow flags flattened last weekend, but also holiday have overshadowed Measures of the President of the United States Donald Trump. When the city was running for the host of the World Parade of Pride and also received it, millions of visitors were hoping, but this did not come true for reservations about traveling to the United States. All those who still stepped past the White House in rainbow colors also expressed their defiance of the presidential measures.
In Washington, at the World Pride Parade, which was held on the 50th anniversary of the first in this city, at least three million visitors were expected, which would bring nearly $ 800 million to the local economy, he reported BBC. But tourists from all over the world already have reservations about traveling to the United States because of Donald Trump’s policy, and even greater are felt by members of the LGBTQ community, especially transgender people.
The WorldPride was held this year with tightened security measures. Photo: Alex Wroblewski/AFP
One of the US President decisions when he began his term, namely, was to in the US they only acknowledge two sexes. Followed by an executive decree with which transgender women forbade participation in women’s sports disciplinesand a number of actions. Among other things, the protection against discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation was eliminated, transgender persons were prevented from serving in the military … At the beginning of June, the month of pride, the US Navy began the process of renaming a tanker named after a killed gay rights activist, Harvey Milk.
Also security concerns
Such measures and perhaps even more hostile debates that followed, many visitors to the global celebration were not only distracted by moral reservations, but security concerns. That in such a situation he does not want to travel to the pride parade in Washington, though she wanted to do so, is for BBC said Alice Siregara Montreal transgender person who, in addition to Canadian citizenship, also has US, but because of the new rules of Trump’s administration that prevent transgender Americans preventing gender change in official documents, could not extend the US passport.
Although she could travel to Washington with a Canadian passport, she is worried that the US border authorities may not accept her gender identity. I just don’t want to take the risk, she said, although a spokesman for US customs and border protection ensures that gender identity does not affect the country. Such and other reservations were shaped by the visit, which was about a third smaller than they hoped for the candidacy. The occupancy of the hotels was also much lower.
The parade was also joined by members of the metropolitan police. Photo: Gabriel V. Cardenas/Reuters
This year, the organizers of the WorldPride, who had, due to the US administration, had a major problem with the acquisition of sponsorship funds, adopted additional security measures. The venue was first fenced and equipped with weapons detectors, and the presence of police, including the Mayor of Washington, was enhanced Muriel Bowser is in a statement for AFP found that visitors are concerned that an environment that is hostile to the LGBTQ community is created.
Nevertheless, the parade went past the White House, and in the style of new American patriotism, participants also emphasized patriotism. They are, as reported Reuterswandered war veterans, metropolitan police participated, as well as a fire brigade bearing the inscription Fire does not discriminate. We don’t.
Pride Parade prepared on Saturday in Mariborit was under the slogan we override hatred! “The campaign slogan is not randomly selected. We notice a worrying rise in hate speech and other forms of hatred directed against the LGBTQIA+ community in Maribor, « warned organizers from MKC Maribor. According to them, about 350 people attended the parade, but a group of protesters gathered at the anti -scene and sought to challenge a conflict.
In Maribor, more incidents have been detected in Maribor in the last year and a half, including provocations and violence, the emergence of hostile graffiti, destruction and theft of rainbow flags and other threats, especially on social networks. At the end of the week, the Lesbian Quarter team also reported that strangers had been damaged for the third time in the Ada Škerl and Sonja Plaskan Park. Such acts are pride in the month of pride, when the visibility of the LGBT+ community is larger, all the more dangerous and sinister, they warn.
The pride parade in Ljubljana will be next Saturday.
