In a normal year, Pride Month would end with a big, blow-out march through Greenwich Village and Chelsea. But this is no normal year, so the celebration will be mostly virtual, with a few live events sprinkled in around the city. That doesn’t take away from the joy of the day or the accomplishments it recognizes. But while the city, and the world celebrates Pride, there are many issues yet to be resolved.

Cathy Renna, Communications Director for the National LGBTQ Task Force joins In Focus with a look at the big picture of LGBTQ+ rights in America today. After four years of an administration that was openly hostile to the community, Renna talks about the joy of hearing President Biden say to transgender youth, “I’ve got your back."

But she also speaks to the work that has to be done nationwide to combat the more than a hundred pieces of legislation either passed or under consideration that would curtail the rights of LGBTQ Americans and to why it’s so important that national Gay Marriage legislation is passed.

Renna says, in some states, you can marry one day, post pictures on social media the next day, and be fired from your job on day three. 

Sue Doster deals with New York City’s Pride march on a much more granular level. 

She talked about the events around town that will celebrate Pride, and she speaks to the controversy surrounding reports that the NYPD’s LGBTQ officer’s association, GOAL will not be allowed to march until at least 2025, something that group has called “shameful."

Doster said, it’s been misrepresented in some ways and that GOAL officers are welcome to march, just not in uniform.