It is a bit of an unfortunate reality that this happens . In Canada , similar controversy erupted after a group of activists hijacked a pride parade and forced the organizers to sign a list of demands , including one to forcibly remove police officers from the p a r a d e l i v e s m a t t e r g e t s p o l i c e k i c k e d o u t o f f u t u r e prideparadessaycofounders . The ironic part is that these activists were invited as honoured guests , put at the front of the parade , and then subsequently abused the privileges they were given to exclude members of the LGBT community because of their uniform . It ' s not something I ' m particularly happy about to be honest . Pride parades should be displays of unity throughout the community , not a place to exercise divisions that hurt the message these parades send .