Nikita Lowery, a 28-year-old resident of Chicago, said she decided to attend that city’s parade for the first time this year. It was held in front of the Stonewall Inn, where in 1969 gay bar patrons stood up to a police raid, launching the modern gay rights movement. Andrew Cuomo used his newly granted powers to officiate at the wedding ceremony of a same-sex couple in Manhattan. San Francisco organizers put the number of marchers at 26,000, while in New York City, organizers expected about 22,000 people.
Still, he said more needs to be done in housing and job discrimination in the United States and for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people around the world. Supreme Court ruling that same-sex couples can wed in all 50 states. SF Pride Board President Gary Virginia said the exuberance was amplified given last week’s U.S.
There were rainbow flags and knee socks, umbrellas and tutus. There were “Hooray for Gay” and “Love Won” signs.
Cheerleaders, dancers and proud families of lesbians and gays swooped up Market Street as spectators flocked 10 to 15 people deep along both sides. In San Francisco, a parade that at times resembled a rainbow-colored dance party snaked through downtown. San Francisco - Hundreds of thousands of people on Sunday packed gay pride events from Chicago to New York City, Seattle to San Francisco, with overall attendance expected in the millions for what amounted to a celebration of a freshly endorsed right to marry.