LGBTQ+ Pride Returns to Boston with Focus on Inclusion

Boston's Pride parade came back after three years to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community with an emphasis on diversity and social justice over corporate sponsorship.
About 10,000 people marched to honor groups facing discrimination and counter exclusion of marginalized groups at Pride events nationwide.
The parade aimed to memorialize victims of anti-LGBTQ+ violence and be more inclusive than previous years, reviewing corporate sponsors for anti-LGBTQ+ donations.
There were concerns over hostility targeting the LGBTQ+ community from politicians and extremists, so organizers worked with police to ensure safety at the parade.
The parade celebrated the diversity of the LGBTQ+ community after criticism over insensitivity to people of color and transgender members led the former organizing group to shut down.