This summer calls for a huge celebration for gay and lesbian rights in New York City’s Gay Pride Week which is held in collaboration with tourism giant NYC & Company. The weeklong festivities taking place will run from June 21st-28th and include activities like parades, tours and barbeques with live music and plenty of fun. This year’s theme “Paint the Town Ruby- Stonewall 40” is in memory of the 40th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots (the violent and extremely significant riots that took place in NYC’s Greenwich Village in the summer of 1969). Today, the 2009 Gay Pride Week is a longstanding symbol of tolerance within the gay and lesbian community of New York.
Big events this week will be the NYC LGBT Pride Rally at Bryant Park, the Bushwick LGBTQ Pride, the Solidarity March & BBQ along with many art shows and performances taking place in East Village and on the lower East Side for “Pride Goes East”. There will also be the First Annual Village Pride Bar Tour on June 27, and the LGBT Pride March which will run the entire length of Fifth Ave. through Greenwich.
For more information about the exciting events surrounding Gay Pride Week, visit www.nycgo.com/gay.
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