Under a brilliant sun, hundreds of police officers and some of New York’s most prominent politicians - Mayor Bill de Blasio, Governor Andrew Cuomo and Senator Chuck Schumer, all Democrats - marched cheerfully alongside participants, some of the latter in the scantiest of outfits. The late Gilbert Baker, who in 1978 created the rainbow-colored flag that became an international symbol of gay pride, said the flag belongs to the people. Gay Pride commemorates the Stonewall riots, which began in the early hours of June 28, 1969, after police raided the Stonewall Inn bar in New York City’s. On foot, astride motorcycles or riding on flatbed trucks, participants slowly covered the 2-mile route from Midtown Manhattan to Greenwich Village, where the movement for homosexual rights was born after the so-called Stonewall riots of 1969. Gay Pride, also called LGBT Pride or LGBTQ Pride, byname Pride, annual celebration, usually in June in the United States and sometimes at other times in other countries, of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) identity.
Tens of thousands of marchers paraded through New York streets Sunday in a huge Gay Pride parade, with many proudly carrying rainbow flags or waving virulently anti-Trump signs. Learning about God’s seven redemptive names led me into an interesting train of thought. Pride Parade in New York on June 25, 2017. Jehovah-TsidkenuThe Lord Our Righteousness. A marcher carrying an umbrella and dressed as a rainbow gestures for the camera during the N.Y.C.