After a troublesome weekend within the shadow of the Supreme Court docket’s Roe v. Wade reversal, New York Metropolis’s greatest summer time get together went on as deliberate on the NYC Pride March.
A sea of vibrant rainbow colours majestically flew alongside the West Village Sunday as hundreds celebrated the 52nd annual celebration of affection and LGBTQ rights.
The primary full, in-person delight parade in three years noticed a deluge of humanity to herald its return. Starting on Fifth Avenue and twenty fifth Avenue, Governor Kathy Hochul kicked-off the march barely sooner than anticipated at 11 am with a blast of confetti.
The pinnacle of state was trailed intently by Legal professional Basic Letitia James, Senator Chuck Schumer, Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine and members of New York Metropolis Council.
“Happy Pride everybody! I was the first senator to march in this parade, and now I’m the first senator to march with my daughter and her wife in this parade,” Schumer bellowed whereas beaming with delight.
Though the event was meant to rejoice all sexualities and gender identities, contributors additionally showcased their ire for the overturning of Roe v. Wade and their fear that same-sex marriage might also be reconsidered by the Supreme Court docket of the US.
Deliberate Parenthood marched to cheers from onlookers whereas others brandished indicators denouncing the Supreme Court docket of the US. Nonetheless, many celebrants refused to enable that darkish shadow break their delight for being who they’re.
It wasn’t a cheerful event for everyone, nevertheless.
“Let us back in,” chants may be heard over a barricade on Christopher Avenue, the place members of the Homosexual Officers Motion League decried the NYC Pride Parade’s coverage to ban NYPD from marching.
“They are preventing us from marching. We are banned from marching. We are one of you,” one particular person stated from the Homosexual Officers Motion League.
The NYC Pride Parade route continued from twenty fifth Avenue and Fifth Avenue down to West eighth Avenue and then again up towards Seventh Avenue and fifteenth Avenue.
