The It Gets Better Project is hosting a digital Pride Month event with Laverne Cox, MJ Rodriguez and many more. (Peacock and NBC 4 New York are part of the NBCUniversal family.) “Miley Cyrus Presents Stand by You" is an hour-long concert event, featuring Miley Cyrus with special guests, award-winning artists and LGBTQ+ allies, streaming only on Peacock. 'Miley Cyrus Presents Stand by You' - Friday, June 25 WHERE: NYC Pride's Facebook and YouTube pagesįor more information, click here or here. WHEN: Friday, June 25, starting at 6 p.m. Not only will the rally honor the 49 victims of the tragedy, but those participating will hold poignant conversations demanding transformative reform to protect LGBTQIA+ community.
The virtual rally marks the 5-year anniversary of the Pulse Massacre in Florida. on NYC Pride's Facebook and YouTube pages. For the complete list of scheduled events and programs, click here.Ĭommunity activists, organizers, artists and more will gather for a historic virtual RALLY on Friday, June 25, from 6 p.m. A year later, the first Pride march took place.īuffalo Supermarket Shooter Targeted Black Neighborhood After Previous School Threat: Officialsīelow are some of the scheduled events during the weekend. Some witness accounts say Johnson was a leader of the Stonewall rebellion of 1969, when patrons of a Greenwich Village bar resisted a police raid and sparked the modern gay rights movement.įollowing the raid, Johnson and others - including Sylvia Rivera, a Latinx gay and transgender rights activist who passed away in 2002- led a number of protests against the raid. Johnson, who died in 1992 at age 46, is considered a pioneer of the movement for the rights of transgender people, although the term transgender was not widely used during her lifetime. After a subdued 2020, this year's NYC Pride March and street festival are scheduled to take place Sunday - with people taking to the streets of the Big Apple in celebration, although it won't be the grand scale of years pre-pandemic.Įvery June, Pride Month commemorates the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan - a “tipping point for the Gay Liberation Movement in the United States,” according to the Library of Congress.