Two things can be true.

We've seen that before.

For those who don't know:

• Right-Wing Groups Target Pride Events Amid Rising Anti-LGBTQ Rhetoric (time.com, June 2022)

At least 11 different LGBTQ Pride events across the United States have been disrupted by right-wing protesters or delayed due to threats of violence in the past two months, according to research by TIME and the progressive media watchdog group Media Matters. Those numbers reflect a “step up in aggressive activity targeting LGBTQ people,” compared to recent history, according to Peter Montgomery, a senior fellow with Right Wing Watch, a project by the progressive group People For the American Way.