Weathering a downpour, thousands in South Florida protest hate. What did it look like?

Despite the heavy rain, thousands started their Sunday morning in downtown Fort Lauderdale with a common goal — protesting hate.

The march, organized by the nonprofit AIDS Health Foundation, congregated on the Fourth of July weekend to call out “authoritarian lawmakers” for attacks on immigrants, people of color and the LGBTQ+ community across the country. The protest came days after the U.S. Supreme Court voted to end affirmative action — and months after the Florida legislative session wrapped up with laws limiting minors’ access to gender affirming care, banning an AP African American studies course and barring discussions of race, sexuality and gender in K-12 classrooms.

“This country never has seen such a blatant abuse of power against virtually every group of people at the same time,” the AHF said in a statement.

Among the notable figures who attended the South Florida march included Michael Weinstein, AHF’s cofounder and president; David Hogg, a gun control activist who came into the public eye after surviving the 2018 Parkland school shooting; State Rep. Anna Eskamani (D-Orlando), a frequent critic of Gov. Ron DeSantis; and Fort Lauderdale Commissioner Steve Glassman.

Check out some snapshots from Fort Lauderdale as other groups in Dallas, Los Angeles and Columbia, South Carolina, simultaneously gathered in protest.