Pride Marches Through the Years
BY DONNA ACETO & MICHAEL LUONGO
Since 1970, when the Christopher Street
Liberation Day Parade celebrated the
fi rst anniversary of the Stonewall Riots,
New York City has hosted LGBTQ
Pride Marches, in most years since on the last
Sunday of June.
In 1994, when the city celebrated Stonewall
50, the Heritage of Pride March took an unusual
route, up First Avenue past the United
Nations. A faction of activists organized by ACT
UP and Gay & Lesbian Americans, aiming to
recapture the spirit of the 1970 march, instead
traveled from the West Village up Fifth Avenue
to Central Park.
Again in 2019, there were two major events:
the traditional Heritage of Pride March celebrating
WorldPride and Stonewall 50 and a
Queer Liberation March organized by the Reclaim
Pride Coalition, which has for several
years pushed Heritage of Pride to reduce the
corporate presence in its event, among other
demands. The Reclaim Pride event ended with
a Central Park rally.
This year, with COVID-19, Heritage of Pride
has organized a week of virtual events, while
Reclaim Pride once again plans to march in
support of Black lives and against police brutality.
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