Reclaim Pride Coalition Announces 2025 Queer Liberation March Theme
This year’s theme emphasizes why protest and solidarity are more important than ever.
With the never-ending vicious attacks towards the LGBTQ+ community in the past five months under the Trump administration, fears about what Pride Month will look like in the United States have been a valid concern.
The Trump administration has made it clear they will not recognize Pride month, and recently, the Kennedy Center canceled a week’s worth of events celebrating the LGBTQ+ community for this summer’s WorldPride festival in Washington, DC. There will also be fewer rainbow logos and pride merchandise from big corporations being sold in stores this June, along with their presence at Pride parades, because of the rollback on DEI initiatives.
As this outright shift continues, the grassroot collective Reclaim Pride Coalition (RPC) has made it clear why solidarity—and resistance—is more important than corporate rainbow washing and censorship at this year’s Queer Liberation March in New York City.
The 2025 theme, “Resist! Reclaim! Rejoice!,” draws inspiration from the past, remembering that the Queer Liberation March is, and has always been, a protest.
“The Trump Administration’s and its allies’ unrelenting attacks on our communities – particularly Trans, Nonbinary, and Gender Nonconforming people – combined with their horrific assaults on immigrants, healthcare, civil liberties, freedom of speech, student organizers and our constitutional rights, as well as global rise in fascism and right wing ideology make this year’s Queer Liberation March more necessary than ever,” said RPC organizer, Jasmina Jz Sinanovic, in a statement.
This year’s march will take place on June 29, assembling at the New York City AIDS Memorial and St. Vincent’s Triangle Park at 11:00 A.M. before marching north to Lenape Circle and dispersing into Central Park.
While the Queer Liberation March is an annual protest in Manhattan, their organizers have made it clear that the movement has always been global.
“The recent ban of Pride celebrations in Hungary and the UK Supreme Court decision delegitimizing Trans identities only serve to highlight how the global rise in fascism and authoritarianism is inevitably accompanied by attacks, scapegoating, and dehumanizing policies concerning LGBTQIA people, identities, and communities,” said RPC Co-Founder, Jay W. Walker.
With the launch of their new website, currently under construction but coming very soon, RPC encourages you to learn more about the history of the march. They also call for people to sign up to help organize, volunteer on Pride Sunday, or give a tax-exempt donation. For now, stay up to date on their Instagram, and get ready for a Pride celebrating community and solidarity!
