Attendees at Sunday’s march, which traveled along the National Mall and ended steps from the US Capitol, said the stakes of protecting the LGBTQ community amid recent actions by the Trump administration hung over the celebrations.

Photos show LGBTQ+ pride at 2025 WorldPride parade in DC. World Pride is a global LGBTQ+ and human rights celebration.

Demonstrators gathered in Washington on Sunday for World Pride, a bi-annual event that this year took on political overtones.

After the raucous rainbow-hued festivities of Saturday’s parade, the final day of World Pride 2025 in the nation’s capital kicked off on a more downbeat note.

The city holds a local Pride parade annually. But this year’s event will be much bigger, as Washington hosts the WorldPride Parade, which attracts visitors from around the world. Sydney hosted it last time, and Amsterdam is up next.