On Sunday, June 26th, New York City will host Gay Pride, the yearly celebration of the LGBTQ community. The first parade took place on June 28th, 1970, on the one-year anniversary of the uprising at the Stonewall Inn which galvanized the modern gay rights movement. Since then, New York has staged an annual Pride march—one of the largest in the world—typically during the last weekend of June.

After last year’s largely virtual affair, this NYC Pride celebration promises to be a mix of both in-person and virtual events. The parade route will kick off at noon on 5th Avenue at 26th Street, then proceed downtown before heading west on 8th Street. After crossing over 6th Avenue, it will continue on Christopher Street passing the Stonewall National Monument. It will then turn north on 7th Avenue, passing the New York City AIDS Memorial, before ending at 16th Street and 7th Avenue.

Before you head out to the parade, take a moment to review a gallery of photographs from the 2019 parade. That year, an estimated 150,000 marchers celebrated the 50th anniversary of Stonewall.  

All photographs by Aburaihan Rahman, External Affairs Associate, Department of Records and Information Services, June 30, 2019.