WorldPride March floods Washington

Rainbow flags flooded Washington's streets on Saturday as the US capital celebrated WorldPride with a massive show of support for LGBTQ rights, which are facing an assault by the Trump administration.

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"We just have to show this administration, that we are united, that we cannot be broken," said Amy Froelich, a 46-year-old artist and teacher, dressed in a rainbow-colored jumpsuit.

"We need to be an ally to our brothers and sisters and our trans community," she said, seated next to her wife on green chairs near the starting line for a massive parade that marks the culmination of weeks of festivities.

"All of our laws and any protections that we've been working so hard for (are) getting reversed."

The WorldPride festival, a rotating global event advocating for LGBTQ equality worldwide, is being hosted in Washington this year — a stone's throw from the White House and a president seemingly intent on rolling back rights hard-won by that community.

Since returning to power in January, Donald Trump and his administration have slapped back LGBTQ rights gained in recent decades, in particular by members of the trans community.