The National Park Service on Thursday evening closed Dupont Circle Park in Washington for WorldPride week, an international LGBTQ celebration being held in the nation’s capital this year.

Closing the site is necessary to “secure the park, deter potential violence, reduce the risk of destructive acts and decrease the need for extensive law enforcement presences,” the park service said in a letter Wednesday.

Capital Pride Alliance, which organizes D.C. Pride and is hosting this year’s WorldPride celebration, said it was “frustrated and disappointed” bu the decision.

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