Crowds gathered outside New York91裸聊视频檚 historic Stonewall Inn on Sunday to celebrate five decades of LGBTQ pride, marking the 50th anniversary of the police raid that sparked the modern-day gay rights movement. Other cities throughout the country held parades.

More than 2,000 people gathered outside the bar where patrons resisted the famous June 28, 1969, police raid. Thousands also turned out for a larger parade that packed Fifth Avenue, where rainbows were on display across everything from flags to T-shirts.

Eraina Clay, 63, of suburban New Rochelle, came to celebrate the anniversary.

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Alyssa Christianson, 29, of New York City, was topless, wearing just sparkly pasties and boy shorts underwear. A Pride flag was tied around her neck like a cape.

91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檝e been to the Pride parade before, but this is the first year I kind of wanted to dress up and get into it,91裸聊视频� she said.

Christianson said she is concerned that the movement could suffer setbacks during the Trump administration, which has moved to revoke newly won health care protections for transgender people, restrict their presence in the military and withdraw federal guidance that trans students should be able to use bathrooms of their choice.

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In May, Trump tweeted about Pride Month and praised the 91裸聊视频渙utstanding contributions91裸聊视频� of LGBT people. But his administration has also aligned with some religious conservatives in arguing that nondiscrimination protections for those same people can infringe on the religious beliefs of others who oppose same-sex marriage and transgender rights.

At the Queer Liberation March near the Stonewall Inn, some participants said the larger Pride parade had become too commercialized and heavily policed.

91裸聊视频淲hat91裸聊视频檚 important to remember is that this is a protest against the monetization of the Pride parade, against the police brutality of our community, against the poor treatment of sections of our community, of black and brown folk, of immigrants,91裸聊视频� said Jake Seller, a 24-year-old Indiana native who now lives in Brooklyn and worked as one of the march91裸聊视频檚 volunteers.

Protesters carried anti-Trump and queer liberation signs, chanting, 91裸聊视频淲hose streets? Our streets!91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淲e march for the liberation of our community so they can live and celebrate their identity. So they can reclaim it. This will always remain a protest, not an advertisement,91裸聊视频� Seller said.

Happy Pride!

91裸聊视频� Mayor Lori Lightfoot (@chicagosmayor)

Other attendees focused on the progress that91裸聊视频檚 been made within the LGBTQ community over the last few decades.

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The police presence at the march was heavy, with several officers posted at every corner. Metal barricades were erected along the entire parade route.

In Illinois, Gov. J.B. Pritzker chose the parade day to sign an executive order creating a task force to study the rights of transgender students. The task force will look at what schools are doing to promote LGBTQ rights to make sure students have 91裸聊视频渨elcoming91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频渋nclusive91裸聊视频� environments.

Chicago had its own Pride parade, with Lori Lightfoot, the city91裸聊视频檚 first openly gay mayor, as one of seven grand marshals. Lightfoot, who took office in May, walked alongside her wife and wore a 91裸聊视频淐hicago Proud91裸聊视频� T-shirt with rainbow lettering. The couple held hands at times, drawing cheers from onlookers.

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91裸聊视频� First Lady Amy Eshleman (@TheChiFirstLady)

The parade was cut short as thunderstorms rolled through the area, forcing police to cancel the event about three hours after it began.

The larger New York Pride parade had 677 contingents, including community groups, major corporations and cast members from FX91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淧ose.91裸聊视频� Organizers expected at least 150,000 people to march, with hundreds of thousands more lining the streets to watch.

The Pride march concludes a month of Stonewall commemorations in New York that included rallies, parties, film showings and a human rights conference. The celebration coincides with WorldPride, an international LGBTQ event that started in Rome in 2000 and was held in New York this past week.

Other Pride events will take place Sunday around the U.S. and the world.

In San Francisco, a contingent of Google employees petitioned the Pride parade91裸聊视频檚 board of directors to revoke Google91裸聊视频檚 sponsorship over what they called harassment and hate speech directed at LGBTQ people on YouTube and other Google platforms.

San Francisco Pride declined to revoke the sponsorship or remove the company from the parade, but Pride officials said the Google critics could protest the company91裸聊视频檚 policies as part of the parade91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频渞esistance contingent.91裸聊视频�

Larraine and Peter Browne, who were visiting from Australia, told the San Francisco Chronicle they had never seen anything like the parade91裸聊视频檚 rainbow-colored display.

91裸聊视频淟ook at the costumes!91裸聊视频� 80-year-old Peter Browne said.

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Sabrina Caserta And Rebecca Gibian, The Associated Press

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