NYC Gay Pride Parade 2011: Photos, Video

by NowPublic Staff | June 27, 2011 at 09:00 am

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NYC Gay Parade: West Village Celebrates Gay Marriage Bill

The 2011 Gay Pride parade took place on a historic weekend in New York City: the New York state Senate had just legalized gay marriage on June 25, 42 years after the Stonewall riots that shook the Village and kick-started the modern gay-rights movement.

Greenwich Village was packed as the LGBT community turned out in huge numbers, along with their friends and families, to celebrate not only gay pride, but a major civil-rights victory. Governor Andrew Cuomo, who championed the same-sex marriage bill, was at Pride, along with Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Archbishop Timothy Dolan? No, he was feeling down.

Same-sex marriage is legal in six out of 50 US states (Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont), as well as in Washington, DC.

Check out some photos and videos from New York City's 2011 Gay Pride Parade here, and feel free to submit your own.