After the 2016 election, some of the more radical and progressive groups and members within the LGBTQ community organized what they called the Resistance Contingent. It wants to be more than just a celebration, and it does not want to be an event that is increasingly a parade of corporations, as its organizers claim NYC Pride has become.īoth marches will pass by the Stonewall Inn, but while NYC Pride will set off at noon from the Flatiron district, the Reclaim Pride march will follow the route of the original 1970 march, starting at 9:30 am from Christopher Street, and ending with a rally in Central Park, where that first march held a “gay be-in.” The Resistance ContingentĪ coalition of dozens of LGBTQ groups, Reclaim Pride is, in a way, a product of the Trump administration. Organized by Reclaim Pride, the smaller march wants to be an expression of the more radical soul of the LGBTQ community, and to pay homage to the legacy of Stonewall by remembering its riotous, anti-establishment nature.
But this year, on June 30, there will be two marches: The NYC Pride march-which with 4.5 million expected participants is believed to be the largest pride parade in the world and the the Queer Liberation March and rally, which is expected to draw tens of thousands.
