Children as Sex Objects: Why NYC Gay Pri Para Is Beg Called a 'Celebratn of Pedophilia' | CBN News

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• CHILDREN AS SEX OBJECTS: WHY NYC GAY PRI PARA IS BEG CALLED A 'CELEBRATN OF PEDOPHILIA'
• THE QUEER HISTORY (AND PRENT) OF NYC'S VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARAJEANNE FLEMG, ARTISTIC/PRODUCG DIRECTOR OF THE PARA FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS, FILLS {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY BRYAN VAN GORROCTOBER 22, 2018/1:19 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:4912PX;WIDTH:7360PX;}COURTY OF THE VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARABY BRYAN VAN GORROCTOBER 22, 2018 / 1:19 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE QUEER HISTORY (AND PRENT) OF NYC'S VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARA","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-10-22T17:19:29.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-10-22T17:19:29.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRYAN VAN GORR","KEYWORDS":"TRAVEL","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEW YORK’S VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARA TURNS 45 THIS YEAR. THE ANNUAL PROCSN OF 60,000 STUMED PARTICIPANTS ATTRACTS NEARLY 2 LN TIMATED ONLOOKERS, MAKG THE LARGT EVENT OF S KD THE WORLD. DPE S ENORMO SIZE, THE VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARA NTU TO FEEL LIKE A HOMEGROWN, GRASSROOTS EVENT DUE MOSTLY TO S HUMBLE ROOTS AND THE TIRELS EFFORTS OF JEANNE FLEMG, THE ARTISTIC/PRODUCG DIRECTOR OF THE PARA FOR MORE THAN THREE S.PHOTO URTY OF THE VILLAGE HALLOWEEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THE WAY THE PARA STARTED WAS THAT THERE WAS A MASK MAKER AND PUPPETEER WHO LIVED GREENWICH VILLAGE, AND HE WALKED OM HOE TO HOE AROUND THE PARK—WASHGTON SQUARE PARK—WH HIS KIDS,” EXPLAS FLEMG. “THEN THE NEXT YEAR SOME PEOPLE JUMPED ON. AND, THE NEXT YEAR, MORE PEOPLE JUMPED ON.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}INED, AFTER S SEND YEAR, THEATER FOR THE NEW CY STEPPED AND PRODUCED THE EVENT, CREASG THE LENGTH OF THE PARA ROUTE AND DRAWG MORE PARTICIPATN. THE FOLLOWG YEAR THE VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARA FORMED SELF TO A NOT-FOR-PROF ANIZATN, PRODUCED THE PARA ON S OWN.COURTY OF VILLAGE HALLOWEEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“TIM WERE CHANGG. PEOPLE WERE STARTG TO E OUT,” RELLS FLEMG. “IN THOSE DAYS, THE WT VILLAGE WAS FILLED WH CREATIVE PEOPLE AND THE GAY MUNY WAS CENTERED THERE. SO MANY WAYS, AT THAT TIME, THIS WAS PRI.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OF URSE, MARCH FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS SPURRED ON BY THE STONEWALL RTS HAD STARTED TAKG PLACE NEW YORK, AND ELSEWHERE THE UNTRY, 1969. HOWEVER, THOSE MARCH WERE FIANT AND POLIL, NOT THE FLAMBOYANT CELEBRATNS WE ASSOCIATE WH PRI PARAS TODAY.COURTY OF THE VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARA2017-10-31 NEW YORK CY’S 44TH ANNUALVILLAGE HALLOWEEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARADE"]{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THEN AIDS ME AND THAT KD OF CHANGED EVERYTHG,” SAYS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALTHOUGH THE VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARA WOULD RRY ON, WOULD CEASE TO BE THE FACTO PRI EVENT FOR THE CY'S LGBTQ MUNY. IN THE FACE OF GLOBAL PANMIC'S RISE, QUEER NEW YORKERS NCENTRATED THEIR EFFORTS ON CREASG VISIBILY THROUGH THEIR OWN DITED EVENTS AND PRI PARAS.COURTY OF VILLAGE HALLOWEEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOWEVER, EVEN TODAY, AIDS NTU TO IMPACT THE VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARA. THE OFFICIAL AFTER PARTY, HELD AT THE NCLN OF THE PARA, WILL BE AN OVER-THE-TOP GALA EVENT TO BENEF REARCH FOUNDATN TO CURE AIDS (RFTCA). EXTREME STUMER—AND THIS YEAR'S GRAND MARSHAL—MACHE DAZZLE (ABOVE) WILL HOST THE AFTER PARTY'S $5,000 BT STUME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"MACHE DAZZLE'S PARTICIPATN IS PECIALLY PERFECT BEE THIS YEAR OUR THEME IS, 'I AM A ROBOT,'" STAT FLEMG. PARTICIPANTS ARE ENURAGED TO E DRSED AS THEIR FAVORE CYB, ARTIFICIAL HUMAN, ROBOT, OR MACHE AND, FOR THE PARA'S FIRST TIME, THIS GROUP WILL BE SIGNATED S OWN SPOT THE PARA.PHOTO URTY OF THE VILLAGE HALLOWEEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS FOR FLEMG'S FAVORE STUM OF ALL TIME?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THERE ARE SO MANY. THERE WAS A GUY WHO ME AS VCENT VAN GOGH OM ONE OF HIS PATGS," SHE RELLS. "ONE OF MY FAVOR EVER THE PARA—DID YOU EVER SEE THE TWA AIRLE STEWARSS? THEY HAD THE LTLE ROUND HAT BOX AS PURS. AND THEY WOULD STOP AND POSE. AND THE FIRST WOULD TURN HIS PURSE AROUND AND WOULD SPELL 'T', AND THE SEND ONE WOULD SPELL 'W', THEN 'A', AND FALLY THE LAST ONE TURNED AROUND A 'T'. AND, THEY'D LGH AND N AWAY AND DO AGA."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO JO, THE 45TH ANNUAL PARA TAK PLACE WEDNDAY, OCTOBER 31, AT 7 {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• THE BT GAY PRI EVENTS NYC
• OUT OF STEP WH N.Y.C., STATEN ISLAND PARA STILL BANS GAY MARCHERS
• NEW YORK CY GAY PRI PARA 2013: REVELERS MARCH TO SHOW THEIR PRI

CHILDREN AS SEX OBJECTS: WHY NYC GAY PRI PARA IS BEG CALLED A 'CELEBRATN OF PEDOPHILIA'

This year, rabow-clad activists and alli will take to the streets (and later NYC’s gay bars) support of global LGBTQ rights at the NYC Pri March on Sunday, June 25.

THE QUEER HISTORY (AND PRENT) OF NYC'S VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARAJEANNE FLEMG, ARTISTIC/PRODUCG DIRECTOR OF THE PARA FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS, FILLS {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY BRYAN VAN GORROCTOBER 22, 2018/1:19 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:4912PX;WIDTH:7360PX;}COURTY OF THE VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARABY BRYAN VAN GORROCTOBER 22, 2018 / 1:19 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE QUEER HISTORY (AND PRENT) OF NYC'S VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARA","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-10-22T17:19:29.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-10-22T17:19:29.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRYAN VAN GORR","KEYWORDS":"TRAVEL","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEW YORK’S VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARA TURNS 45 THIS YEAR. THE ANNUAL PROCSN OF 60,000 STUMED PARTICIPANTS ATTRACTS NEARLY 2 LN TIMATED ONLOOKERS, MAKG THE LARGT EVENT OF S KD THE WORLD. DPE S ENORMO SIZE, THE VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARA NTU TO FEEL LIKE A HOMEGROWN, GRASSROOTS EVENT DUE MOSTLY TO S HUMBLE ROOTS AND THE TIRELS EFFORTS OF JEANNE FLEMG, THE ARTISTIC/PRODUCG DIRECTOR OF THE PARA FOR MORE THAN THREE S.PHOTO URTY OF THE VILLAGE HALLOWEEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THE WAY THE PARA STARTED WAS THAT THERE WAS A MASK MAKER AND PUPPETEER WHO LIVED GREENWICH VILLAGE, AND HE WALKED OM HOE TO HOE AROUND THE PARK—WASHGTON SQUARE PARK—WH HIS KIDS,” EXPLAS FLEMG. “THEN THE NEXT YEAR SOME PEOPLE JUMPED ON. AND, THE NEXT YEAR, MORE PEOPLE JUMPED ON.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}INED, AFTER S SEND YEAR, THEATER FOR THE NEW CY STEPPED AND PRODUCED THE EVENT, CREASG THE LENGTH OF THE PARA ROUTE AND DRAWG MORE PARTICIPATN. THE FOLLOWG YEAR THE VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARA FORMED SELF TO A NOT-FOR-PROF ANIZATN, PRODUCED THE PARA ON S OWN.COURTY OF VILLAGE HALLOWEEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“TIM WERE CHANGG. PEOPLE WERE STARTG TO E OUT,” RELLS FLEMG. “IN THOSE DAYS, THE WT VILLAGE WAS FILLED WH CREATIVE PEOPLE AND THE GAY MUNY WAS CENTERED THERE. SO MANY WAYS, AT THAT TIME, THIS WAS PRI.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OF URSE, MARCH FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS SPURRED ON BY THE STONEWALL RTS HAD STARTED TAKG PLACE NEW YORK, AND ELSEWHERE THE UNTRY, 1969. HOWEVER, THOSE MARCH WERE FIANT AND POLIL, NOT THE FLAMBOYANT CELEBRATNS WE ASSOCIATE WH PRI PARAS TODAY.COURTY OF THE VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARA2017-10-31 NEW YORK CY’S 44TH ANNUALVILLAGE HALLOWEEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARADE"]{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THEN AIDS ME AND THAT KD OF CHANGED EVERYTHG,” SAYS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALTHOUGH THE VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARA WOULD RRY ON, WOULD CEASE TO BE THE FACTO PRI EVENT FOR THE CY'S LGBTQ MUNY. IN THE FACE OF GLOBAL PANMIC'S RISE, QUEER NEW YORKERS NCENTRATED THEIR EFFORTS ON CREASG VISIBILY THROUGH THEIR OWN DITED EVENTS AND PRI PARAS.COURTY OF VILLAGE HALLOWEEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOWEVER, EVEN TODAY, AIDS NTU TO IMPACT THE VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARA. THE OFFICIAL AFTER PARTY, HELD AT THE NCLN OF THE PARA, WILL BE AN OVER-THE-TOP GALA EVENT TO BENEF REARCH FOUNDATN TO CURE AIDS (RFTCA). EXTREME STUMER—AND THIS YEAR'S GRAND MARSHAL—MACHE DAZZLE (ABOVE) WILL HOST THE AFTER PARTY'S $5,000 BT STUME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"MACHE DAZZLE'S PARTICIPATN IS PECIALLY PERFECT BEE THIS YEAR OUR THEME IS, 'I AM A ROBOT,'" STAT FLEMG. PARTICIPANTS ARE ENURAGED TO E DRSED AS THEIR FAVORE CYB, ARTIFICIAL HUMAN, ROBOT, OR MACHE AND, FOR THE PARA'S FIRST TIME, THIS GROUP WILL BE SIGNATED S OWN SPOT THE PARA.PHOTO URTY OF THE VILLAGE HALLOWEEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS FOR FLEMG'S FAVORE STUM OF ALL TIME?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THERE ARE SO MANY. THERE WAS A GUY WHO ME AS VCENT VAN GOGH OM ONE OF HIS PATGS," SHE RELLS. "ONE OF MY FAVOR EVER THE PARA—DID YOU EVER SEE THE TWA AIRLE STEWARSS? THEY HAD THE LTLE ROUND HAT BOX AS PURS. AND THEY WOULD STOP AND POSE. AND THE FIRST WOULD TURN HIS PURSE AROUND AND WOULD SPELL 'T', AND THE SEND ONE WOULD SPELL 'W', THEN 'A', AND FALLY THE LAST ONE TURNED AROUND A 'T'. AND, THEY'D LGH AND N AWAY AND DO AGA."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO JO, THE 45TH ANNUAL PARA TAK PLACE WEDNDAY, OCTOBER 31, AT 7 {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

As Pri Month ntu, thgs are slated to get even more excg wh the 2018 New York Cy (NYC) Pri March aimg to celebrate members of the LGBTQIA+ muny first-ever gay pri para Amerin history was held NYC's Central Park on June 28, 1970. It occurred one year after the 1969 Stonewall Rts, which were multiple vlent protts anized by members of the LGBT muny after the NYPD raid known gay club Stonewall Inn.

A gay pri flag is pictured December 5, 2017 Washgton, DC.

THE BT GAY PRI EVENTS NYC

On Sunday, June 26th, New York Cy will host Gay Pri, the yearly celebratn of the LGBTQ muny.

OUT OF STEP WH N.Y.C., STATEN ISLAND PARA STILL BANS GAY MARCHERS

The first para took place on June 28th, 1970, on the one-year anniversary of the uprisg at the Stonewall Inn which galvanized the morn gay rights movement. Our missnHerage of Pri is the non prof anizatn that plans and produc New York Cy's official LGBTQIA+ Pri events each year's events memorate the Stonewall Uprisg of 1969 — the begng of the morn Gay Rights missnAboutHerage of Pri works toward a future whout discrimatn where all people have equal rights unr the law.

NEW YORK CY GAY PRI PARA 2013: REVELERS MARCH TO SHOW THEIR PRI

The annual New York Cy gay pri para is known for s eccentric them and over the top, sexually charged floats but this year's headler has left many the gay muny shakg their heads. Meanwhile this move to clu children who nsired themselv drag queens has some the gay muny up arms.

Blogger Chad Felix Greene who wr extensively on the gay liftyle, warns that the e of a child suggtive pos cross the l of cency and is promotg a culture which views children as sex objects. He's not alone his nmnatn of the Gay Pri Commtee's choice.