--- description: Millions marked the annual event two weeks after the fatal mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando title: LGBT Pride Parades Take Somber Tone After Orlando Shooting image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9a18998a5a4e863f/6988997abc6cfc39923dd8db/gettyimages-543163070.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [LGBT](/tag/lgbt/) ## LGBT Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Pride Parades in the U.S. Take a Somber Tone After Orlando by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 27, 2016 5:49 AM CUT  Photographs of the victims of the Orlando Pulse nightclub shooting are laid out prior to the start of the 46th annual gay-pride march in New York City on June 26, 2016 Photographs of the victims of the Orlando Pulse nightclub shooting are laid out prior to the start of the 46th annual gay-pride march in New York City on June 26, 2016Bryan R. Smith—AFP/Getty Images by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 27, 2016 5:49 AM CUT Sadness and symbolism rang heavy at [LGBT pride parades](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-lgbt-idUSKCN0ZC0HL "undefined") across the U.S. on Sunday, as millions marked the annual event two weeks after the fatal [mass shooting](http://time.com/4365325/orlando-shooting-pulse-nightclub-deadliest-history/ "undefined") at a gay nightclub in Orlando. Despite heightened security concerns following the attack, where a [lone gunman](http://time.com/4368674/orlando-shooting-omar-mateen-2/ "undefined") pledging allegiance to the Islamic State (ISIS) militant group murdered 49 revelers at the Floridian city’s popular LGBT venue Pulse, pride marches in major cities including New York, San Francisco and Chicago took place without incident, Reuters reported. Tributes to the Orlando shooting [victims](http://time.com/4366349/orlando-shooting-victims-photos/ "undefined") were ubiquitous, with marchers at the front of the parade in Chicago carrying photos of each of the 49 people killed and several others carrying balloon letters spelling out _PULSE_. The nightclub’s owner, Barbara Poma, and its entertainment manager, Neema Bahrami, were atop the first of 85-odd floats in New York City. The New York City parade also saw a surprise appearance from presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, the presumptive Democratic Party nominee, who walked part of the way alongside New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York State’s Governor Andrew Cuomo. > [](https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/747137246642442240) The parade ended at the Stonewall Inn, the bar where a police raid in 1969 sparked riots and rallies considered the inception of the LGBT rights movement in the U.S. On Friday, President Obama immortalized the venue by declaring it a national monument. “This parade is New York City saying defiantly, ‘We will stand up to hatred,’” de Blasio said in his address to the gathered crowd. “We will stand up to those who would try to undermine our values.” \[[_Reuters_](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-lgbt-idUSKCN0ZC0HL "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4383215/pride-parades-lgbt-orlando-shooting-stonewall-inn-hillary-clinton/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4383215/pride-parades-lgbt-orlando-shooting-stonewall-inn-hillary-clinton/"},"headline":"Pride Parades in the U.S. Take a Somber Tone After Orlando","datePublished":"2016-06-27T05:49:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T22:51:41.861Z","description":"Tributes to the Orlando shooting victims were ubiquitous","url":"https://time.com/4383215/pride-parades-lgbt-orlando-shooting-stonewall-inn-hillary-clinton/","keywords":["LGBT","Bill de Blasio","Hillary Clinton","New York","San Francisco","chicago","Nightclub","Orlando Shooting"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9a18998a5a4e863f/6988997abc6cfc39923dd8db/gettyimages-543163070.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9a18998a5a4e863f/6988997abc6cfc39923dd8db/gettyimages-543163070.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-GAY PRIDE PARADE","caption":"US-GAY PRIDE PARADE","creditText":"Bryan R. 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