What’s next out and proud Catholic priests and nuns? Oops, better not go there.
That was the pivotal event that started the pride movement that continues today, but who would have ever anticipated that a battalion of out gay and lesbian cops would march proudly in such a parade? And they were followed by the out gay and lesbian firefighters.
Forty-one years ago when the Stonewall riots ignited in Greenwich Village, the police bashed the patrons to the point of inciting revolt. Milton and I both got lumps in our throats when we saw the contingency from the New York Police Department in their dress blues march past. In the forty years that this event has been taking place, it’s very moving to see the progress that has been made. We noticed many members of organized faiths marching. Marriage, family, religious acceptance and equality were key themes. The parade itself was an uplifting event. I had my 20-ounce bottle of water and Milton guzzled an entire Poland Spring water truck personally before we shared a liter of refreshing mango (not served by Chris Kattan) sangria over dinner afterward. As we played dueling digital cameras in the humid heat, we did not complain for it did not rain on our parade, something I feared might happen. Keep an eye out for them, waving from the back of convertibles, when the March hits the streets June 29.Milton and I celebrated gay pride New York City-style this weekend by watching the LGBT Pride March from the sidelines on lower Fifth Avenue near West 16 th Street. This year's choices are commendable: The trio is younger and more high-profile than many recent Pride marshals, and they represent three of the four letters in the LGBT acronym (frequently we only get two). As a bonus, Cox and Groff even have strong ties to NYC-which is surprisingly not a prerequisite for being a marshal in our Pride March. Census to count married same-sex couples in 2010, as well as releasing the largest-ever study on transgender discrimination in the U.S. Under her tenure, the grassroots nonprofit has played a major role in several key areas, including the passage of federal LGBT-inclusive hate-crime prevention laws and getting the U.S. Washington, D.C.–based activist Rea Carey joined the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force in 2004, and has served as its executive director since 2008. New Yorkers first met Jonathan Groff when in the original production of the musical Spring Awakening. Since then, the actor has hit the national stage, appearing in Glee,voicing the romantic lead in the animated hit Frozen and portraying two very different, complex gay characters onscreen: a young David Sedaris in the 2013 indie film C.O.G.,and video-game designer Patrick in HBO's polarizing hit Looking. In May, you can see him in that network's adaptation of Larry Kramer's seminal drama The Normal Heart. (She let Couric's unfortunate "you're so well-spoken!" response slide.) OITNB returns to Netflix on June 6. Rising Orange Is the New Black star Laverne Cox has used her suddenly impressive platform to raise awareness about issues facing trans people, including a notorious appearance on The Katie Couric Show, in which she politely but firmly schooled the host-who was fishing for lurid surgery details-on the dangers and challenges faced by trans people, especially women of color. Yesterday, HOP announced that actors Laverne Cox and Jonathan Groff, and National Gay and Lesbian Task Force executive director Rea Carey will join their ranks at the 44th annual celebration. Past honorees include DOMA overturner Edith Windsor, "It Gets Better" creator Dan Savage and DADT fighter Lt.
#Gay pride day nyc 2010 full
RECOMMENDED: Full coverage of the Pride parade in NYCĮach year, March producer Heritage of Pride names notable LGBT folks (or their allies) as grand marshals. People who act too cynical to enjoy it are either lying, or joyless. Pride Weekend's big event is part civil-rights march, part party and all exciting. New York City's LGBT Pride March (which commemorates the 1969 Stonewall riots) is one of New York City's largest annual events-and the largest Pride parade in the world.Millions of spectators line Fifth Avenue to watch more than 300 marching groups and 50 colorful floats make their way over the lavender line painted down the middle of the street.