In a New York June Pride Marches in a Joyous Union While Threats Mount
Millions of people are expected to gather on Sunday for the New York City Pride March, a jubilant and rainbow-bedecked celebration of the L.G.B.T.Q. community that is one of the city’s largest annual public events. By Liam Stack New York Times The march, which commemorates the 1969 Stonewall riots widely seen as the start of the modern L.G.B.T.Q. rights movement, arrives during a season of optimism for New York that has bloomed against the backdrop of a more anxious national mood. New York City this June has been buoyed by a stretch of warm days after a brutally cold winter; the excitement of the Knicks’ N.B.A. championship win and global soccer fans arriving for World Cup matches; and the sunny vibes of its new mayor, Zohran Mamdani. But that brightness has been tempered by gathering storm clouds at the national level, as the Trump administration continues to target L.G.B.T.Q. people amid a decline in public support for same-sex marriage, gender transition an...
