According to some it was the largest civil rights demonstration in American history. Estimates of the number who attended varied, from 300,000 (Federal Park Police) to 1.1 million (District of Columbia Police) to 2 million (some organizers). Among groups represented were the Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Veterans of America, Republicans for Individual Rights, the United Church Coalition for Lesbian/Gay Concerns, the National Organization of Women (NOW), the NAACP, the Human Rights Campaign Fund, the National Association of People With AIDS, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, Amnesty International, Heteros for Homos, and many, many other groups. The endorsement of the march by influential civil rights organizations such as NOW and the NAACP was an important milestone for the movement in gaining support for Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual rights legislation.

Excerpt from the platform of the 1993 March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation:

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender movement recognizes that our quest for social justice fundamentally links us to the struggles against racism and sexism, class bias, economic injustice, and religious intolerance. We must realize if one of us is oppressed we all are oppressed. The diversity of our movement requires and compels us to stand in opposition to all forms of oppression that diminish the quality of life for all people. We will be vigilant in our determination to rid our movement and our society of all forms of oppression and exploitation, so that all of us can develop to our full human potential without regard to race, religion, sexual orientation/identification, identity, gender and gender expression, ability, age or class.

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