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Originally posted by Rudey
Are they all on the same weekend? Is it like a tribute to the whole NY stonewall thing?
-Rudey
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The first Pride Parade was actually a memorial/tribute to the Stonewall Riots (1:18AM Eastern Time, June 28th marks the 35 anniversary of Sylvia Rivera throwing a bottle at the cops).
From there it developed into a march for equal rights and now is a celebration of diversity. The best ones have to be Minneapolis and Denver- with so many gay and lesbian couples having families these days they've evolved Pride into a family affair.
New York's is always the last Sunday in June to commemorate the Stonewall Riots.
Last year's NYC Pride Parade took forever- the first groups across the start of the route (always Dykes on Bikes and somewhere near-behind are the Pan-Asian Bisexuals) was at Noon. My segment didnt get across the start of the line until about 1PM- well after some schmoozing with Rep. Nadler (D-NY), Rep. Frank (D-MA), and the speaker of the New York City Council.
The parade comes to a full halt and silence at 2PM for rememberance of those who have died from AIDS- kind of eerie to be on the streets with over a million people and nobody is making any noise.
The last groups of the parade didnt cross the end of the 3mile parade route down near the corner of Christopher St and Gay St until after 6PM.
> About 100,000 in the parade and over a million watching.
(I was in the parade because a part-time instructor at Iowa State is on the board of directors for the AIDS Center of Queens County and I was visiting to be persuaded to teach for the NYC school system)
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