This year, Pride Month celebrations are arriving when anti-LGBTQ bills are making many American states less equitable. Here's how organizers are responding.
"I think it's important especially this Pride to really show up if you feel safe," Sonoma County Pride Vice President Grace Villafuerte said.
Sonoma County Pride kicks off this weekend, with a parade and festival celebrating the theme, community. This year, community couldn't be more important. "Very serious threats are being made to the community, in my opinion, it's been steps forward and steps back every year," Villafuerte said. Pride organizers are talking about 540 Anti-LGBTQ+ bills introduced this year in state legislatures, according to the Human Rights Campaign. There are 220 bills specifically targeting transgender and non-binary people. Thirteen laws this year banned gender-affirming care for transgender youth. So far this year, 45 anti-LGBTQ laws have been enacted.
"We're very fortunate to live in California, where it's more progressive but it does give me pause to think about my trans brothers and sisters dealing with legislation," Forestville resident Julia McCollum said.
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