Coleman, commanding officer of Chelsea’s 10th Precinct. This year, there were approximately 200,000 participants and millions of spectators, according to the NYPD’s Capt. WorldPride has previously been held in Rome (2000), Jerusalem (2004), London (2012), Toronto (2014), and Madrid (2017)-but this is the first time the United States has hosted. It is a fitting collaboration for the commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, which helped launch the modern gay civil rights movement. The 2019 Pride March was expected to draw an even larger and more varied crowd, as NYC Pride (organized by Heritage of Pride) simultaneously hosted WorldPride, which brings together LGBTQ+ people from around the world to fight for freedom and human rights. | Photo by Kristen AncillottiīY KRISTEN ANCILLOTTI | The 2019 NYC Pride March was held on June 30, an event that historically brings millions of people together, either to march, or to cheer on the procession of floats and participants waving and dancing their way down the March route-which, this year, traveled down Fifth Ave., into the Village, and up Seventh Ave. | Photo by Kristen Ancillotti Maryland’s Ralph Alexander (L) and Bianca Alberca (R) had previously attended DC Pride, before coming to NYC Pride for the first time. Partygoers from Durban, South Africa rested in the dispersal area.
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