Luna Luis Ortiz talks about the Christopher Street Pier, and its long-running significance to the LGBT community.
NYC Pride | Heritage of Pride, Inc.
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Heritage of Pride is a nonprofit organization that plans and produces New York City's official LGBT Pride events each year to commemorate the Stonewall Riots of 1969 - the beginning of the modern Gay Rights movement.
From the website: "Heritage of Pride works toward a future without discrimination where all people have equal rights under the law. We do this by producing LGBT Pride events that inspire, educate, commemorate and celebrate our diverse community."
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WABC-TV is the NYC Pride March's official television partner, broadcasting the 48th NYC LGBT Pride March on Sunday, June 25, 2017 starting at Noon.
The NYC Pride March started in 1970 as a civil rights demonstration on the 1-year anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising. Today, it is one of the world's best known LGBT events, with 350 marching contingents and more than 2 million spectators in 2016.