![]() It wouldn’t be a march without some protest. Plenty of corporate sponsors joined in on the fun. Then the fun really started when crowd favorite The Flaggots spun their flags with precision. After local politicians made their way down the parade route, the Grand Marshalls, Laverne Cox, Rea Carey, and Jonathan Groff were greeted by the large crowd. Parade maven, Marni, rollerbladed around carrying a politically progressive sign.as usual. Andrew Cuomo received the loudest praise first for his leadership in getting same-sex marriage approved in NY State a few years ago and his new initiative in an aggressive attack against HIV. Mayor de Blasio saluted the crowd to polite cheers but Gov. As usual The Sirens motorcycle club signaled the start of the parade around noon by 38th and 5th Ave. ![]() The hot summer day was just right for about a million people to come out and celebrate the 45th anniversary of the Stonewall Inn riots, the birthplace of the gay rights movement.
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