Thousands converged to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Capital Pride Parade Saturday in Washington, D.C., amid an extended WorldPride LGBTQ+ celebration that is billed as the world's largest.

Eyes and ears around the globe may have been trained on the cat fight between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk. But at the WorldPride Music Fest just four miles from the White House, there was nothing but love,

The Washington Post spoke to WorldPride attendees about what the celebration means to them amidst rising threats to LGBTQ+ rights.

Parade kicks off Saturday in Washington, D.C., with a 1,000-foot Rainbow Flag made from pieces of the Gilbert Baker Foundation’s original 2003 Key West “Sea to Sea” flag.

The "Leave Me Alone" singer laughed and blew kisses from the back of a pickup truck draped with a transgender flag at WorldPride in Washington, D.C.

WorldPride, The global festival promoting LGBTQ+ visibility, held it's anniversary parade in D.C.

Washington DC was chosen as host city for WorldPride before last year's re-election of Donald Trump. But his presence in the White House has sent a strong fight-the-government theme running through all its events.

It's a big weekend across our region with celebrations for WorldPride events taking over DC. This includes the big parade downtown at 1 p.m. on Saturday, which you can stream live right on your FOX Local app if you are not able to attend in person!