One young man is “looking for my tiger daddy,” while a Boy Scout troop leader rues his expulsion from the organization.Ĭongratulations to us all. above and the 2011 New York City Pride March honored the legalization of.

Here, the most colorful huppah (Jewish wedding canopy) I’ve ever seen. A pride parade is an outdoor event celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual. This being New York, ethnic and religious groups were well-represented. The parade took on extra significance following Friday night's. After the NYPD band paraded past, one marcher protested the previous night’s raid on the Eagle, a prominent gay bar. Mike McDonald (L) and Joey Infante, a couple for 32 years, celebrate during the Gay Pride parade on Jin New York City. Though not everyone was feeling harmonious. Young and young at heart marchers danced like everybody was watching. The Big Gay Marching Band was one of the musical ensembles who performed.īare, heavily toned bodies were plentiful too. Revelers from all over the city and surrounding states amassed along the parade route. Cue thousands of signs being printed with the proclamation, “Thank you Governor Cuomo – promise kept!” A few marchers made not-so-subtle jabs at California’s repealed Proposition 8. The city’s annual Pride Parade was scheduled for Sunday, just two days after the historic passage. Thirty days after the bill’s signing, homosexual couples will able to marry in NY, MA, VT, CT, NH, IA and DC. So you may have heard that the state of New York legalized gay marriage last Friday.