NYC Pride March

Gay & lesbian

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Until Sun Jun 30

NYC Gay Pride March Photograph: Eric Harvey Brown

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Time Out says

Thu Mar 15 2012

March begins at Fifth Ave and 36th St and proceeds south to the reviewing stand at Fifth Ave and 8th St before turning west down Christopher St to Greenwich St. Subway: A, C, E, D, F to W 4th St; D, F, N, Q, R to 34th St–Herald Sq; F to 14th St or 23rd St; L, N, Q, R, 4, 5, 6 to 14th St–Union Sq; 6 to Astor Pl, 23rd St, 28th St or 33rd St. While it's not really offensive to call the NYC Pride March a parade, it's also technically incorrect. The event—which first happened in 1970, marking the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall uprising—is a march for civil rights, not a celebratory parade. But that doesn't mean it isn't fun! Every year, more than a million spectators line Fifth Avenue to take in outlandish costumes, elaborate floats and eye-popping performances. Groups representing the five boroughs and beyond include everything from churches and support groups to social organizations and politicians eager to get out the gay vote. (Expect lots of noise when the increasingly polarizing mayoral hopeful Christine Quinn strolls by.) This year's marshals are Edith Windsor, the woman at the center of one of the landmark gay-rights cases that landed in front of the Supreme Court this year; activist, entertainer and longtime LGBT ally Harry Belafonte; and Center for Black Equity president Earl Fowlkes. For more information, go to nycpride.org.

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Address:
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New York

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  - Manhattan
    New York

Event phone:
212-807-7433
Event website:
nycpride.org

Categories:
Things to Do. Gay & lesbian
Good for:
Celebrations. Going in a group. Going solo. Hip factor. Lively scene. People watching. Quirky. Take a tourist. Take your parents. Trendy. Weekend visitors
Event type:
Parties

Date Time Price information
Sun Jun 24 2012

12:00pm