'It's a time when we're able to really just live out loud and be whoever we want to be.'
"Obviously with everything that's going on in the world we need to make sure we're together and strong and showing up and not being afraid," said Hannah Gould, San Jose resident.
The ACLU is currently tracking nearly 500 bills taking aim at LGBTQ+ rights many aimed at the transgender community. "Coming out and being out in the community gives strength to some of those especially transgender folks these days that feel so isolated mentally or just in communit," said Anjali Rimi, President Parivar Bay Area.'Live Out Proud': Speakers address recent anti-LGBTQ+ violence at Silicon Valley Pride kickoff"I'm an ally and have a queer kid myself, so volunteering and advocating for the community is very important to me," said Carol Heath from Sunnyvale.
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