DENVER (KDVR) — Denver PrideFest was held this weekend at Civic Center Park, with tens of thousands of attendees on Saturday and Sunday.
On Sunday, the 2025 Vizzy Denver Pride Parade marched down 17th Avenue as members of the LGBTQIA community shared their community through a rainbow-laden mobile party, drawing the crowds into Civic Center Park for a second day of jubilant, defiant celebrations outside the Colorado Capitol building.
What to know about the US Supreme Court’s ruling on public school lessons using LGBTQ books
Pride celebrations typically weave politics and protest alongside the colorful pageantry, but this year’s iterations took a decidedly more defiant stance as Republicans, led by President Donald Trump, have sought to roll back LGBTQ+ friendly policies.
Since taking office in January, Trump has taken specific aim at transgender people, removing them from the military, preventing federal insurance programs from paying for gender-affirming surgeries for young people and attempting to keep transgender athletes out of girls and women’s sports.
Just Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court sided with religious parents who want to pull their children out of the classroom when public school lessons use LGBTQ-themed storybooks. The ruling sends the case back to a lower court, which will reevaluate the case under the Supreme Court’s new guidance…