Stonewall 50 – WorldPride NYC 2019

[1][2][3] Held primarily in the metropolitan New York City area, the theme for the celebrations and educational events was "Millions of moments of Pride.

[10] The Stonewall Uprising of June 1969 was a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations by members of the gay (LGBTQ) community in Greenwich Village, New York City.

The Stonewall riots are widely considered to be the most important event leading to the gay liberation movement[12][13][14][15] and the modern fight for LGBT rights in the United States.

Organizers and city authorities estimated 150,000 parade marchers, and five million visitors attending Pride weekend in Manhattan alone.

WorldPride, licensed by InterPride and organized by one of its members, is an event that promotes LGBTQ pride issues on an international level through parades, festivals and other cultural activities.