“The people who are affected by this most and who have the least representation in all of this are trans women of color and queer people of color,” she said. Noa Leibowitz, a rising junior at American University, said she identifies as a transgender woman and was upset that Capital Pride would be involved in D.C.’s celebration of pride month because of their ties to corporate sponsors that don’t support the transgender community and lack in representation of transgender women of color. About an hour after the parade began, members of No Justice No Pride blocked the parade route near 15th and P streets and later another section of the route, forcing the parade to reroute while protesters clashed with paradegoers. Members of No Justice No Pride mobilized to protest Capital Pride’s corporate sponsors for their alleged neglect of minority groups within the LGBTQ community.
Protesters from the group No Justice No Pride caused the Capital Pride Parade to change routes at least twice after blocking the parade on P Street Saturday.