NEW YORK (AP) — Exuberant crowds carrying rainbow colors filled New York City streets Sunday for one of the largest pride parades in the history of the gay-rights movement, a dazzling celebration of the 50th anniversary of the infamous police raid on the Stonewall Inn.

Marchers and onlookers took over much of midtown Manhattan with a procession that lasted hours and paid tribute to the uprising that began at the tavern when patrons resisted officers on June 28, 1969. The parade in New York and others like it across the nation concluded a month of events marking the anniversary.

Eraina Clay, 63, of suburban New Rochelle, came to celebrate a half-century of fighting for equality.

"I think that we should be able to say we've been here for so long, and so many people are gay that everybody should be able to have the chance to enjoy their lives and be who they are," Clay said. "I have a family. I raised kids. I'm just like everybody else."

Alyssa Christianson, 29, of New York City, was topless, wearing just sparkly pasties and boy shorts underwear. A Pride flag was tied around her neck like a cape.

"I've been to the Pride parade before, but this is the first year I kind of wanted to dress up and get into it," she said.

Christianson said she was concerned that the movement could suffer setbacks during the Trump administration, which has moved to revoke newly won health care protections for transgender people, restrict their presence in the military and withdraw federal guidance that trans students should be able to use bathrooms of their choice.

"I'm definitely a little scared of how things are going, just the anger and violence that comes out of it and just the tone of conversation about it. We've come so far, especially in the last few decades, that I don't want to see that repressed in any way."

In May, Trump tweeted about Pride Month and praised the "outstanding contributions" of LGBT people. But his administration has also aligned with some religious conservatives in arguing that nondiscrimination protections for those same people can infringe on the religious beliefs of others who oppose same-sex marriage and transgender rights.

Earlier in the day, a crowd of about 2,000 people gathered outside the Stonewall Inn. At the Queer Liberation March near the bar, some participants said the larger Pride parade had become too commercialized and heavily policed.

"What's important to remember is that this is a protest against the monetization of the Pride parade, against the police brutality of our community, against the poor treatment of sections of our community, of black and brown folk, of immigrants," said Jake Seller, a 24-year-old Indiana native who now lives in Brooklyn and worked as one of the march's volunteers.

Protesters carried anti-Trump and queer liberation signs, chanting, "Whose streets? Our streets!"

"We march for the liberation of our community so they can live and celebrate their identity. So they can reclaim it. This will always remain a protest, not an advertisement," Seller said.

Other attendees focused on the progress that's been made within the LGBTQ community over the last few decades.

"We've come so far in the past 20 years," said 55-year-old Gary Piper, who came from Kansas to celebrate Pride with his partner. "I remember friends who would be snatched off the streets in Texas for dressing in drag. They'd have to worry about being persecuted for their identity."

"But now we're so much more accepted. I'm not saying we don't have ways to go, but let's celebrate how far we've come," he said.

The police presence at the march was heavy, with several officers posted at every corner. Metal barricades were erected along the entire parade route.

In Illinois, Gov. J.B. Pritzker chose the parade day to sign an executive order creating a task force to study the rights of transgender students. The task force will look at what schools are doing to promote LGBTQ rights to make sure students have "welcoming" and "inclusive" environments.

In Chicago's parade, the city's first openly gay mayor, Lori Lightfoot, was one of seven grand marshals. Lightfoot, who took office in May, walked alongside her wife and wore a "Chicago Proud" T-shirt with rainbow lettering. The couple held hands at times, drawing cheers from onlookers. The procession was cut short as thunderstorms rolled through the area, forcing police to cancel the event about three hours after it began.

The larger New York Pride parade had 677 contingents, including community groups, major corporations and cast members from FX's "Pose." Organizers expected at least 150,000 people to march, with hundreds of thousands more lining the streets to watch.

Other Stonewall commemorations in New York included rallies, parties, film showings and a human rights conference. The celebration coincides with WorldPride, an international LGBTQ event that started in Rome in 2000 and was held in New York this past week.

In San Francisco, a contingent of Google employees petitioned the Pride parade's board of directors to revoke Google's sponsorship over what they called harassment and hate speech directed at LGBTQ people on YouTube and other Google platforms.

San Francisco Pride declined to revoke the sponsorship or remove the company from the parade, but Pride officials said the Google critics could protest the company's policies as part of the parade's "resistance contingent."

The San Francisco parade was also stopped for nearly an hour when demonstrators linked arms in the street to protest the police presence.

About 40 people halted the parade for just under an hour and two people were arrested, the San Francisco Chronicle reported .

Larraine and Peter Browne, who were visiting from Australia, told the San Francisco Chronicle they had never seen anything like the parade's rainbow-colored display.

"Look at the costumes!" 80-year-old Peter Browne said.

71 PHOTOS Pride 2019: Photos from around the world See Gallery Pride 2019: Photos from around the world WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 09: Participants seen at the LA Pride Parade on June 09, 2019 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Chelsea Guglielmino/Getty Images) WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 09: Participants seen at the LA Pride Parade on June 09, 2019 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Chelsea Guglielmino/Getty Images) WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 09: Participants seen at the LA Pride Parade on June 09, 2019 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Chelsea Guglielmino/Getty Images) WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 09: Participants seen at the LA Pride Parade on June 09, 2019 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Chelsea Guglielmino/Getty Images) WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 09: Participants seen at the LA Pride Parade on June 09, 2019 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Chelsea Guglielmino/Getty Images) WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 09: Participants seen at the LA Pride Parade on June 09, 2019 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Chelsea Guglielmino/Getty Images) WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 09: Actress Alia Shawkat is seen at the LA Pride Parade on June 9, 2019 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Sarah Morris/Getty Images) LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES - 2019/06/09: A participant at the LA Pride Parade in West Hollywood, California. The 49th annual gay pride parade includes a music festival and a parade that draws large crowds. (Photo by Ronen Tivony / SOPA Images/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES - 2019/06/09: Participants at the LA Pride Parade in West Hollywood, California. The 49th annual gay pride parade includes a music festival and a parade that draws large crowds. (Photo by Ronen Tivony / SOPA Images/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES - 2019/06/09: Gloria Allred participates in the LA Pride Parade in West Hollywood, California. The 49th annual gay pride parade includes a music festival and a parade that draws large crowds. (Photo by Ronen Tivony / SOPA Images/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 09: TV personality Ariana Madix seen at the LA Pride Parade on June 09, 2019 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Chelsea Guglielmino/Getty Images) LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES - 2019/06/09: People carry a huge rainbow flag during the LA Pride Parade in West Hollywood, California. The 49th annual gay pride parade includes a music festival and a parade that draws large crowds. (Photo by Ronen Tivony / SOPA Images/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 09: Gloria Allred seen at the LA Pride Parade on June 09, 2019 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Chelsea Guglielmino/Getty Images) LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES - 2019/06/09: A participants at the LA Pride Parade in West Hollywood, California. The 49th annual gay pride parade includes a music festival and a parade that draws large crowds. (Photo by Ronen Tivony / SOPA Images/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 09: Participants seen at the LA Pride Parade on June 09, 2019 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Chelsea Guglielmino/Getty Images) WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 09: Participants seen at the LA Pride Parade on June 09, 2019 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Chelsea Guglielmino/Getty Images) WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 09: Participants seen at the LA Pride Parade on June 09, 2019 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Chelsea Guglielmino/Getty Images) WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 09: Participants seen at the LA Pride Parade on June 09, 2019 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Chelsea Guglielmino/Getty Images) WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 09: Participants seen at the LA Pride Parade on June 09, 2019 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Chelsea Guglielmino/Getty Images) WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 09: Participants kiss at the LA Pride Parade on June 09, 2019 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Chelsea Guglielmino/Getty Images) WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 09: Participants seen at the LA Pride Parade on June 09, 2019 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Chelsea Guglielmino/Getty Images) Thousands attend the annual Philly Pride Parade celebrating the LGBTQI Community and commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, in Philadelphia, PA, on June 9, 2019. (Photo by Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Thousands attend the annual Philly Pride Parade celebrating the LGBTQI Community and commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, in Philadelphia, PA, on June 9, 2019. (Photo by Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Thousands attend the annual Philly Pride Parade celebrating the LGBTQI Community and commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, in Philadelphia, PA, on June 9, 2019. (Photo by Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto via Getty Images) DETROIT, MI - JUNE 09: Playing Frankenfurter from "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," Lauren Montgomery, 34, rides in a truck making its way through the procession during the Motor City Pride Parade on June 9, 2019 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Brittany Greeson/Getty Images) DETROIT, MI - JUNE 09: Kevin Wainczak, 22, of Plymouth, Michigan, waits to march alongside other participants during the Motor City Pride Parade on June 9, 2019 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Brittany Greeson/Getty Images) DETROIT, MI - JUNE 09: Members of the Allstate Insurance Company walk through the streets during the Motor City Pride Parade on June 9, 2019 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Brittany Greeson/Getty Images) DETROIT, MI - JUNE 09: Members of Groove Entertainment and other participants relax on the side of a building before the Motor City Pride Parade on June 9, 2019 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Brittany Greeson/Getty Images) BOSTON, MA - JUNE 8: Travis Roe, AKA Sister Sandra Music, of the Boston Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, arrives at the Boston Pride Parade on June 8, 2019. Boston Prides 49th march for LGBTQ equality is expected to be the largest in Pride history with more than 430 contingents, 45,000-50,000 participants and over 750,000 spectators. (Photo by Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) BOSTON, MA - JUNE 8: Members of Hopedale Gender Sexuality Alliance (GSA) cheer at the start of the Boston Pride Parade on June 8, 2019. Boston Prides 49th march for LGBTQ equality is expected to be the largest in Pride history with more than 430 contingents, 45,000-50,000 participants and over 750,000 spectators. (Photo by Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) UNITED STATES - JUNE 8: A crowd of people cheer on those participating in the Capital Pride Parade in Washington on Saturday June 8, 2019. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call) UNITED STATES - JUNE 8: A couple kisses after getting engaged as they participate in the Capital Pride Parade in Washington on Saturday June 8, 2019. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call) UNITED STATES - JUNE 8: Sen. Paul Strauss, D-N.Y., throws a necklace into the crowd as he participates in the Capital Pride Parade in Washington on Saturday June 8, 2019. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call) UNITED STATES - JUNE 8: A crowd of people cheer on those participating in the Capital Pride Parade in Washington on Saturday June 8, 2019. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call) UNITED STATES - JUNE 8: A man reaches over a fence to grab a piece of candy thrown to the crowd in the Capital Pride Parade in Washington on Saturday June 8, 2019. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call) WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 8: Spectators watch the annual Capital Pride Parade which takes place in Washington, D.C., June 8, 2019. Representatives and members of more than 200 organizations marched the 1.5-miles-long route throughout Dupont and Logan Circle neighborhoods. The parade was organized by Capital Pride Alliance with the intention to "celebrate, educate, support, and inspire" about the LGBTQ community. This year Capital Pride also celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots of 1969, which is considered the beginning of the gay rights movement. (Astrid Riecken For The Washington Post via Getty Images) People take part in the LGBT Pride Parade in Washington, D.C. June 8, 2019. (Photo by Aurora Samperio/NurPhoto via Getty Images) People take part in the LGBT Pride Parade in Washington, D.C. June 8, 2019. (Photo by Aurora Samperio/NurPhoto via Getty Images) ROME, ITALY - 2019/06/08: Thousands of people march at the annual Gay Pride Parade in Rome. (Photo by Leo Claudio De Petris/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) People take part in the LGBT Pride Parade in Washington, D.C. June 8, 2019. (Photo by Aurora Samperio/NurPhoto via Getty Images) People take part in the LGBT Pride Parade in Washington, D.C. June 8, 2019. (Photo by Aurora Samperio/NurPhoto via Getty Images) ROME, ITALY - 2019/06/08: Thousands of people march at the annual Gay Pride Parade in Rome. (Photo by Leo Claudio De Petris/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) People take part in the LGBT Pride Parade in Washington, D.C. June 8, 2019. (Photo by Aurora Samperio/NurPhoto via Getty Images) People take part in the LGBT Pride Parade in Washington, D.C. June 8, 2019. (Photo by Aurora Samperio/NurPhoto via Getty Images) People take part in the LGBT Pride Parade in Washington, D.C. June 8, 2019. (Photo by Aurora Samperio/NurPhoto via Getty Images) People take part in the LGBT Pride Parade in Washington, D.C. June 8, 2019. (Photo by Aurora Samperio/NurPhoto via Getty Images) People take part in the LGBT Pride Parade in Washington, D.C. June 8, 2019. (Photo by Aurora Samperio/NurPhoto via Getty Images) People take part in the LGBT Pride Parade in Washington, D.C. June 8, 2019. (Photo by Aurora Samperio/NurPhoto via Getty Images) People take part in the LGBT Pride Parade in Washington, D.C. June 8, 2019. (Photo by Aurora Samperio/NurPhoto via Getty Images) WARSAW, MAZOWIECKIE, POLAND - 2019/06/08: A crowd marches through Warsaw during the Warsaw Pride. The Equality March also called the Warsaw Pride parade, brought thousands of people to the streets of Warsaw, at the time when the gay rights movement in Poland is under siege by hate speech and a government campaign depicting it as a threat to families and society. (Photo by Attila Husejnow/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) WARSAW, MAZOWIECKIE, POLAND - 2019/06/08: Mayor of Warsaw, Rafal Trzaskowski speaks in support during the Warsaw Pride. The Equality March also called the Warsaw Pride parade, brought thousands of people to the streets of Warsaw, at the time when the gay rights movement in Poland is under siege by hate speech and a government campaign depicting it as a threat to families and society. (Photo by Attila Husejnow/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) WARSAW, MAZOWIECKIE, POLAND - 2019/06/08: A lesbian couple holding their hands during the Equality March. The Equality March also called the Warsaw Pride parade, brought thousands of people to the streets of Warsaw, at the time when the gay rights movement in Poland is under siege by hate speech and a government campaign depicting it as a threat to families and society. (Photo by Attila Husejnow/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) WARSAW, MAZOWIECKIE, POLAND - 2019/06/08: LGBT people perform on a truck platform during the Warsaw Pride. The Equality March also called the Warsaw Pride parade, brought thousands of people to the streets of Warsaw, at the time when the gay rights movement in Poland is under siege by hate speech and a government campaign depicting it as a threat to families and society. (Photo by Attila Husejnow/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 8: New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson dances with other members of the city council at Brooklyn's annual Gay Pride Parade as it travels down the narrow street of 5th Avenue on June 8, 2019 in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images) NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 8: Marchers and spectators mix and mingle as Brooklyn's annual Gay Pride Parade travels down the narrow street of 5th Avenue on June 8, 2019 in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images) WARSAW, MAZOWIECKIE, POLAND - 2019/06/08: LGBT people perform on a truck platform during the Warsaw Pride. The Equality March also called the Warsaw Pride parade, brought thousands of people to the streets of Warsaw, at the time when the gay rights movement in Poland is under siege by hate speech and a government campaign depicting it as a threat to families and society. (Photo by Attila Husejnow/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) WARSAW, MAZOWIECKIE, POLAND - 2019/06/08: Two gay man pose in "Warsaw Pride" t-shirts during the Equality March. The Equality March also called the Warsaw Pride parade, brought thousands of people to the streets of Warsaw, at the time when the gay rights movement in Poland is under siege by hate speech and a government campaign depicting it as a threat to families and society. (Photo by Attila Husejnow/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) WARSAW, MAZOWIECKIE, POLAND - 2019/06/08: A man waves a huge rainbow flag during the Warsaw Pride. The Equality March also called the Warsaw Pride parade, brought thousands of people to the streets of Warsaw, at the time when the gay rights movement in Poland is under siege by hate speech and a government campaign depicting it as a threat to families and society. (Photo by Attila Husejnow/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 8: New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson dances with other members of the city council at Brooklyn's annual Gay Pride Parade as it travels down the narrow street of 5th Avenue on June 8, 2019 in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images) WARSAW, MAZOWIECKIE, POLAND - 2019/06/08: A young man poses with a rainbow flag and a cat mask during the Warsaw Pride. The Equality March also called the Warsaw Pride parade, brought thousands of people to the streets of Warsaw, at the time when the gay rights movement in Poland is under siege by hate speech and a government campaign depicting it as a threat to families and society. (Photo by Attila Husejnow/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 8: Marchers and spectators mix and mingle as Brooklyn's annual Gay Pride Parade travels down the narrow street of 5th Avenue on June 8, 2019 in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images) NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 8: New York State Attorney General Letitia James joins marchers and spectators at Brooklyn's annual Gay Pride Parade as it travels down the narrow street of 5th Avenue on June 8, 2019 in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. 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