“I don’t want the day to be taken by someone who decided to take other people’s lives.”
“I struggled with the question about whether I should even be out at a celebration when so many people lost their lives,” said Millie Terri, 32, a member of The D.C. But the shooting recast the event in a somber light. The festivals are normally joyful affairs, with colorful costumes and the air of an often-marginalized community claiming public space as its own. cities, including Los Angeles, Brooklyn, Detroit and Indianapolis. Events were scheduled in more than a dozen U.S. Gay pride events have been held in June since 1970, a date chosen to commemorate the protests after a police raid at the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City.
