The evening also included an original multimedia art installation, which was projected in Times Square and will be shown at The Standard, High Line for the remainder of Pride Month Madonna's "Vogue" classic got an updated remix called "Vogue Ballroom Function," and played before her entrance. Michael Turchin and Lance Bass were among the revelers. Madonna's daughter Lourdes Leon was also there, as well as a bevy of "RuPaul's Drag Race" queens including Gottmik, Symone, Gigi Goode, Aquaria and Violet Chachkie. The room was so packed that even VIP attendees were left outside on the street, but several who did make it in include Emily Ratajkowski, Indya Moore, Leyna Bloom, Christian Siriano, Anderson Cooper, Andy Cohen, Adam Lambert, Lance Bass, Bowen Yang, Ziwe, "Real Housewives" star Leah McSweeney and Jon Batiste, to name a few. "Lets POP the cherry on Pride With a Bang!" she wrote in part in the caption. Three more original Polaroids shot by Madonna and Gomes are now part of a silent auction that will benefit the Hetrick Martin Inn and can be found here. Zachary Quinto oversaw the auction, which raised $100,000. One lucky person in the crowd also got a selfie with the pop icon for $10,000. years experience, NYC Pride has partnered with youth-focused LGBT centers, organizations. Each was individually framed and personally signed, and "Star Trek" actor Zachary Quinto helped out with the auction, which raised over $100,000 for The Ali Forney Center and Haus of Us in a matter of minutes, according to a news release. The main highlight of Pride Week is the annual New York City Pride March, surpassed by only the Sao Paulo Gay Pride Parade as the largest in the world. Hudson Pride hosts the 4th Anniversary + Pride Mens Party. Hunter Abrams / BFAīut what was even more stunning was how she auctioned off three new, original Polaroids shot by her and Ricardo Gomes at her home earlier this month, inspired by New York City art. Pools, nightclubs and rooftop bars will host dances and DJ nights all over the City, including annual favorites like Pride Island, Teaze and Femme Fatale. One Magical Weekend coincides w/ the more family oriented Gay Days at Walt Disney World. The Stonewall Inn is still there, now under. Pride Dances & Parties When a nightlife destination like NYC hosts an international celebration of Pride, you can bet the festivities will include some epic parties. Anderson Cooper (l.) and Andy Cohen were on hand at the Pride event. New York Citys gay pride parades began in 1970 to commemorate the 1969 Stonewall uprising, which started after a police raid on a Manhattan gay bar. “When I see the parade now - the mardi gras, the floats and everybody is partying, and there’s all these commercial floats and advertising,” Shumsky explained, “it’s a little bit upsetting and a little bit sickening that we have lost that feeling of that first march that was just incredible - that we were out of the closets and into the streets.The legendary singer, 62, was dressed in a combo of her classic mesh fabric look (including a fairly see-through top), long pink fingerless gloves and icy blue air, stunning the entire room. Two years later, the term Gay Pride March was. The first demonstration of the LGBTQ + community in Europe took place in November 1970 in London, with 70 participants holding a torchlight procession. Tim Fitzsimons / NBC NewsĮllen Shumsky, an original member of the early LGBTQ activist group Gay Liberation Front, was part of the Christopher Street Liberation Day march in 1970, and says it was the first time she felt she could “step out of my closet and be proud.” Shumsky, who now supports Reclaim Pride's efforts, said she’s disappointed in what the official NYC Pride March has become. And this was just the beginning of the 50-years history of Gay Pride and CSD demonstrations from the USA to Europe and all the way around the world. Colin Ashley, a Reclaim Pride organizer, said the Queer Liberation March is a protest of the over-policing of NYC Pride and “the selling off of pride to over 150 corporate floats.” Ellen Shumsky, a veteran Gay Liberation Front member, speaks on behalf of the Queer Liberation March in Sheridan Square, New York City on May 14, 2019.
The alternative march is the result of years of tension between members of the Reclaim Pride Coalition and Heritage of Pride, the nonprofit that produces the official NYC Pride event.