From pride to protest: LGBT members take on a new tone

Khuong Lam, 35, poses for a portrait in California, United States. Thousands of people sporting rainbow attire, hats and home-made protest signs took part on Sunday in a resist march against U.S president Donald Trump,an event that took the place of the city’s annual pride parade. Despite the sharper focus on political issues, the event remained at its core a celebration of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender identity.Trump has antagonized many minorities since taking office in January. A RealClearPolitics average of opinion polls shows his approval rating is currently only 39 percent. Two American photographers made portraits of some of the activists that took part in the protest and asked what each of them would say if given 30 seconds to sit down with Trump. (REUTERS)

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Khuong Lam, 35, poses for a portrait in California, United States. Thousands of people sporting rainbow attire, hats and home-made protest signs took part on Sunday in a resist march against U.S president Donald Trump,an event that took the place of the city’s annual pride parade. Despite the sharper focus on political issues, the event remained at its core a celebration of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender identity.Trump has antagonized many minorities since taking office in January. A RealClearPolitics average of opinion polls shows his approval rating is currently only 39 percent. Two American photographers made portraits of some of the activists that took part in the protest and asked what each of them would say if given 30 seconds to sit down with Trump. (REUTERS)

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‘I would talk to him about how difficult it is to live in a place where people are discriminated against and ask him to look at the world through our eyes and my eyes and my mother’s eyes and all my friends around me and to see how his America has changed us.’ (REUTERS)

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47 year old Brenda says, ‘Women are not second class citizens. They have as many rights as anyone. People are people. Love is love.’ (REUTERS)

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Dale Rowse’s(L) husband John Allen says, ‘If Trump had been transparent from the word go at lot of this wouldn't have happened and clearly he has something to hide because he's not transparent.It's very sad that we're going backwards; it's very disappointing. You have hope for people but he has really just let everybody down.’ (REUTERS)

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Jao Belanders, 22, says, ‘Why so much hate? It baffles me how someone can have so much hate in their heart and inequality and think that's OK and that's power. As president, he should be a leader who inspires hope and change for the better and not influence people to think negatively of other people. It breaks my heart to see that.’ (REUTERS)

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‘Its not America First, its Humanity First. We are all equal; it doesn’t matter what country you are born in. It doesn’t matter where you emigrate to and where you end up. We are all humans and we need to value human lives the same’ (REUTERS)

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Katrina, 25 (L), and Devon, 22, pose for a portrait during the Resist March against President Donald Trump. Katrina says, ‘There are so many issues that young people really, really care about because it's our future and our children's future. We're afraid.’ (REUTERS)

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‘As Americans, we don't believe in hate, we believe in hope. We want a country that is accepting of any kind of race, religion or just choice to love whomever you want to. So, I don't agree with his choices, I don't agree with anything he does and I really hope that Americans wake up and re-elect representatives who really look out for their rights."’ (REUTERS)