(UDHAYAM, COLOMBO) – Tens of thousands of people have marched in Washington, Los Angeles and other United States (US) cities for LGBT rights, in one of the biggest protests since President Donald Trump took office.
Many of those attending said they felt their community was under threat from the new Government.
The organisers said dozens of cities across the US would also hold rallies.
The march comes nearly a year since the shooting in a gay Florida nightclub, Pulse, which killed 49 people.
In the Capital, it began in the downtown area, then passed in front of the White House and continued on to the National Mall.
People from as far as California, Colorado and Kentucky held aloft placards bearing slogans such as “Make America Kind Again”, “Remember Pulse” and “We Are Human”.
