Gay Pri Events NYC to Celebrate at Durg WorldPri 2019

Contents:

• THE MAYORS AND THE GAY PRI PARA
• THE BT GAY PRI EVENTS NYC
• A GLOBAL GAY PRI WEEKEND, PHOTOS

THE MAYORS AND THE GAY PRI PARA

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THE BT GAY PRI EVENTS NYC

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A GLOBAL GAY PRI WEEKEND, PHOTOS

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And this year, Mayor Bill Blas will jo an timated 150, 000 marchers when New York Cy hosts WorldPri and the 50th anniversary of the uprisg at the Stonewall Inn which galvanized the morn gay rights movement. In the blog this week we highlight photographs pictg New York Cy mayors marchg the annual Gay Pri first Gay Pri para took place on June 28, 1970, the one year anniversary of Stonewall.

Edward Koch was the first New York Cy mayor to march the Gay Pri para. The poster this image is partially cut-off— says “Pass the Gay Rights Bill Now.