NEW YORK — For the second consecutive year, the lingering pandemic consigned New York’s annual Pride march to the virtual world on Sunday, even as its alter-ego, the Queer Liberation March, took its edgier message through the streets of Manhattan.
The NYC Pride march, the city’s marquee LGBTQ+ event now in its 51st year, became a made-for-TV production as a cautionary measure to prevent coronavirus infections, which have dropped sharply as the number of people vaccinated has grown.
Only a small number of guests were invited to the group’s three-block areas where floats and musical acts paraded for the cameras, but organizer Sue Doster said “something in the…
Keep on reading: Competing events make their marks on LGBTQ+ Pride Day in New York