Rainbows, and politics too, at pride parade
New York City revelers waved rainbow flags and carried colorful balloons at the annual pride. But some of them also got political.
A group against changes to the federal health care law pulled a gurney and carried IV bags. A group called Gays Against Guns chanted "What do we want? Gun control!"
Pride parades in San Francisco, Minneapolis and other cities are spotlighting resistance to what participants see as new pressure on gay rights. In New York, tens of thousands lined the streets Sunday. Many said the political climate was prompting them to turn out. Twenty-year-old Lee Sorge, a transgender man from New York, said he came for the first time in part to show support for the gay community in light of the political climate.
