![]() ![]() Thousands of people marched, thousands more lined the route, and thousands more went down to the Village - no longer really the gayborhood it once was - to party on the streets and piers. The good news is that the parade is still the occasion for queer New Yorkers to celebrate in the streets. The parade is now shorter than it once was: In recent years the parade route was shortened by request of the city of New York, allegedly to save money. It’s been a long time since what started out as a “march” was officially turned into a “parade.” The event commemorates the anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall uprising in which lesbian, gay and transgender New Yorkers fought back against a police raid against the Stonewall gay bar. June 24, this last Sunday was the 42nd annual gay pride parade in New York City. This report on NY Gay Pride was irst published on the Kasama Project blog.
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