Sunday’s parades did have a new milestone to mark: President Barack Obama on Friday designated the site around New York City’s Stonewall Inn as the first national monument to gay rights. “People need to remember we’re still fighting for equality.” “A lot of my gay friends and relatives are still being shunned away by their families and communities,” said Desamparado, 31.
She said she felt the need to remind people the fight for equality is not over. Richel Desamparado, of Oakland, California, was marching and carrying a photo of Orlando victim Stanley Almodovar. Thomas Pedroza marches along the parade route with the names of victims from Orlando’s mass shooting written on his body during the Gay Pride event in San Francisco, California on June 26, 2016.
