Drag queens Alyssa, Detox, Shangela and Trixie Mattel are scheduled to make appearances. Tickets start at $45, and all attendees have to be older than 21. The March passes by the site of the Stonewall Inn on Christopher Street, location of the 1969 police raid which launched the modern Gay Rights Movement. Night of 1,000 Queens: See people from "RuPaul's Drag Race" perform at this 9 p.m. The Gay Pride March is an annual march more commonly referred to as the Pride Parade in New York City, traversing southward down Fifth Avenue and ending at Greenwich Village. It's a fundraiser that ends with fireworks - what more could you want? Parson James will perform.ĭance on the Pier: Fergie will perform at this 30th anniversary event at Pier 26 from 2 to 10 p.m.
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PrideFest: It's a street fair! Eat and shop with friends at this free event along Hudson Street from 11 a.m. Check out the floats along Fifth Avenue from noon on.
Grand marshals Jazz Jennings, Subhi Nahas and Cecilia Chung will lead more than 300 contingents from organizations, community groups and nonprofits. Pride March: This huge, free parade is the biggest event of the weekend.
It costs $20 at the door and will feature drink specials like $6 beers and $8 well drinks. Tickets cost $25 at the door and get you access to music from people like DJ Mister Wallace, art by people like Gabrielle Royal and readings by people like Sue Elise Peebles.īAD HABIT PRIDE: The official Dyke March afterparty starts at 10 p.m. Its website warns that it's not a parade but a reminder that "we must organize among ourselves to fight for our rights, safety, and visibility."Įverybooty: This art and dance party celebrating queer culture will dominate the Brooklyn Academy of Music from 9 p.m. New York City Dyke March: Check out this annual women's march, starting at 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue at 5 p.m. An NYPD officer greets a motorcade during the 2016 Pride Parade - this year, cops are barred from participating in the annual event. Head to Slate nightclub at 54 W. 21st St. between 8 p.m. Stanley Stellar, Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, and Twitter.PIER PRESSURE 17 | Chelsea: For $25 in advance, $30 at the door, you can attend a Teaze afterparty that includes drinks, dancing and DJs. Christ has 'encouraged us to live a lifestyle that would abstain from that behavior. Rays Players Decline To Wear Rainbow Logos For Pride Night. embassies to fly the pride flag, calling it attacking people of traditional values. Presented by the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art Newt Gingrich ranted on Fox News about President Joe Biden’s administration authorizing U.S. Looking Back/Looking Forward: NYC’s Gay Pride Parades 1979-1995 The Pride parade will be celebrated again this June in New York City and in thousands of cities around the world - until then, feast on these wonderful images. Sadly, due to the ravages of AIDS, many of the people captured by Stellar's camera are no longer with us. These images depict brave pioneers who knew they were on the right side of a cause, not only for themselves but also for later generations. Through Stellar’s skilled eye, we see into the souls of some of those who ventured out in those early years to celebrate an integral part of their lives - a part that otherwise might not be revealed on a daily basis. These photos by NYC-based artist Stanley Stellar document some of the people who celebrated at the parades from 1978 to 2008. Last year it was attended by more than 2 million people. Every summer since then, in recognition of that historic event, the parade has been held in New York City. In the summer following the Stonewall riots, the first Gay Pride Parade was held on the city's Christopher Street. That riot spawned the modern-day LGBT rights movement. On June 28, 1969, a riot occurred outside the Stonewall Inn in New York City’s Greenwich Village - the LGBT crowd was protesting a police raid of the bars.