NYC Pride March
annual LGBTQ parade in New York City, among the largest in the world
The NYC Pride March is an annual event celebrating the LGBTQ community in New York City. The largest pride parade and the largest pride event in the world, the NYC Pride March attracts hundreds of thousands of participants and millions of sidewalk spectators each June, and carries spiritual and historical significance for the worldwide LGBTQ community and its advocates. Entertainer Madonna stated in 2024, "Aside from my birthday, New York Pride is the most important day of the year." The route through Lower Manhattan traverses south on Fifth Avenue, through Greenwich Village, passing the Stonewall National Monument, site of the June 1969 riots that launched the modern movement for LGBTQ rights.
A central component of NYC Pride observances, the March occurs on the last Sunday in June. An estimated 4 million attended the parade in 2019, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of Stonewall, which drew 5 million visitors to Manhattan on Pride weekend and was the largest international LGBTQ event in history. The 2020 (51st) and 2021 (52nd) editions of NYC Pride March were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City. The NYC Pride March returned on June 26, 2022, two days after the landmark Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization ruling. During the ruling, Roe v. Wade was overturned; in a concurring opinion, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas proposed that the Court "should reconsider" past rulings establishing marriage equality and gay rights.
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