NYC Pride Weekend 2024: Events, Run, and Stonewall Anniversary Ahead of Sunday's March

Pride Weekend Festivities Underway in NYC

• 🏳️‍🌈 New York City's Pride Weekend is in full swing, with final preparations for Sunday's march through Greenwich Village.
• 📍 Festivities have already begun, with hundreds of thousands expected to line the streets for the main event.

44th Annual Pride Run

• 🏃‍♀️ The 44th annual New York Road Runners Pride Run took place in Central Park, attracting an estimated 8,000 runners.
• 🤝 Proceeds from the run benefited Lambda Legal, a nonprofit dedicated to securing rights for LGBTQ+ people and those living with HIV.
• 💖 The event aimed to bring together allies and community members to celebrate pride and ensure people feel seen, heard, and included.

Stonewall Visitors Center Anniversary

• 🎂 The Stonewall Visitors Center on Christopher Street celebrated its first anniversary.
• 🎤 A special guest, Mark Segal, a lifelong LGBT activist who was present at the 1969 Stonewall riots, attended the celebration.
• 📺 Segal is also known for interrupting the CBS Evening News in 1973, an act that created significant visibility for the movement.

The Main Pride March

• 🗓️ Saturday's events lead up to Sunday's massive Pride March, which kicks off at noon on Fifth Avenue near Madison Square Park.
• 🗺️ The march route will snake through Greenwich Village, passing the Stonewall Inn, and head north up 7th Avenue, ending around 15th Street.
• ✊ This year's theme is "Rise Up, Pride in Protest", marking the 56th anniversary of the Stonewall Inn riots.
• 🗣️ The event is referred to as a march, not a parade, to honor the historical significance of the Stonewall riots and their role in ushering in the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement.