Young people enthusiastically marched down Fifth Avenue. | MICHAEL LUONGO
PHOTO ESSAY BY DONNA ACETO & MICHAEL LUONGO | Despite occasional drizzles, New York’s LGBT community, on June 28, staged the largest Pride March in memory, running roughly eight hours from the initial noon step-off at 36th Street until the final contingents arrived in the West Village.
Grand marshals Derek Jacobi and Ian McKellen. | DONNA ACETO
Longtime couples. | DONNA ACETO
ACT UP New York brought its persistent commitment to ending the AIDS epidemic to the parade. | DONNA ACETO
The captain. | MICHAEL LUONGO
Mayor Bill de Blasio was joined by his family, First Lady Chirlane McCray, daughter Chiara, and son Dante. | MICHAEL LUONGO
Butterflies are free.MICHAEL LUONGO
Pride is fundamental to our lives. | DONNA ACETO
Rainbows were everywhere. | MICHEL LUONGO
The City Council’s only married gay member, Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer (l.) of Sunnyside, Queens, marched with his husband Dan Hendrick.
Ian McKellen waves a huge hello to the crowd. | DONNA ACETO
Two faces of pride. | MICHAEL LUONGO
Singer and “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” star Tituss Burgess. | DONNA ACETO
PHOTO: MICHAEL LUONGO
PHOTO: DONNA ACETO
PHOTO: MICHAEL LUONGO
PHOTO: MICHAEL LUONGO
Looking forward to 2016. | DONNA ACETO
