WorldPride 2025 wraps up in Washington, D.C., this weekend with festivities including a parade that will kick off Saturday in one of the city’s historic gay neighborhoods and conclude in front of the U.S. Capitol.

This is the first time that D.C. has hosted the international LGBTQ+ festival since WorldPride’s inaugural event in Rome in 2000.

The LGBT community shows up for WorldPride in D.C., despite some worries about Trump

Several people attending WorldPride in D.C. this year said some of their fellow community members have been hesitant to go. But others felt it was more important to show up and be visible.

This year also marks the 50th anniversary of Pride events in D.C. — one of the largest Pride celebrations across the country that typically gathers hundreds of thousands of att

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