This year the horrific June 12th shooting at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, adds an incredibly heavy layer of meaning to Pride. The raid ignited a firestorm of demonstrations, now known as the Stonewall Riots which are now credited as the beginning of the modern-day Gay Rights Movement. The NYC Pride March has always been incredibly significant in symbolizing the struggles and triumphs of the LGBTQ community and started on June 28, 1970, exactly one year after police raided the Stonewall Inn, a historically gay hangout in Greenwich Village, NYC. The civil rights event is the largest of its kind in the United States and starts at noon at 36th Street and Fifth Avenue and ends at Christopher and Greenwich Streets. New York City is gearing up for NYC Pride weekend which revolves around the NYC Pride March this Sunday, June 26th.
