NYC celebrates LGBT pride in shadow of Orlando shooting

NEW YORK -- In the aftermath of the Orlando massacre, there was increased security at LGBT pride events around the globe this weekend.

There were parades Saturday from London to the Philippines as New York City geared up for one of the world's biggest pride marches.

Pictures and flowers lined the outside of the historic Stonewall Inn on Saturday, where people rioted after police raided the bar in 1969.

The newly designated national monument to gay rights now includes a memorial to the 49 people who were killed at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando.

Danny Ochoa works for the Latino Commission on AIDS. His organization was building a float for Sunday's pride march covered with 49 flower petals, one for each of the Orlando victims.

"This is the opportunity to show our faces," Ochoa told CBS News. "This is our opportunity to say, 'Hey, we are here.'"

Barbara Poma, the owner of the Pulse nightclub, spoke at a rally Friday night. She'll ride on the lead float on Sunday.

"I want you to know that Orlando and the world's gay community are strong and united," Poma said. "We will not allow evil to prevail."

In his weekly address, President Obama said there is more work to be done for LGBT rights.

"We've got to keep pushing for equality and acceptance and tolerance, but the arc of our history is clear," Mr. Obama said. "It's an arc of progress, and a lot of that progress can be traced back to Stonewall."

Columbia University law professor Suzanne Goldberg told CBS News having the president designate Stonewall as a national monument is significant.

"This is a tremendous marker in the trajectory of LGBT rights and really American history because it places the lesbian, gay, transgender and bisexual movement in the pantheon of American civil rights," Goldberg said.

Last year, 1.6 million people took part in New York's pride march. Amid stepped-up security from the NYPD, event organizers were expecting two million on Sunday.