Pride Month

The monthlong celebration of LGBTQ+ Pride will reach its exuberant grand finale as multitudes of rainbow-laden revelers hit the streets for marquee parades in New York, Chicago, San Francisco and elsewhere across the globe. The wide-ranging festivities Sunday will function as both jubilant parties and political protests. This year, tensions over the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza have colored the celebrations,...

Pride Month celebrates all the achievements and contributions of the LGBTQ+ community. But why is it celebrated in June? The story starts at a bar in New York City: The Stonewall Inn. NBC New York’s Jennifer Vázquez reports. 

Thousands of revelers are expected to hit the streets of Manhattan on Sunday for the annual NYC Pride March. Pride Month takes place in June to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan, a touchstone event in LGBTQ history that laid the foundation for Pride. The month aims to inspire, educate, commemorate, celebrate and recognize the impact that LGBTQIA+ has had...

Pride runs deep in New York City as the home of the modern gay rights movement and as a previous host city of the Gay Games, the world’s largest LGBTQ+ sports event, leaving a legacy of gay athletics for decades. The Gay Games is a 10-day competitive LGBTQ+ sports and cultural event held every four years in a unique...

President Joe Biden is attending a ribbon-cutting in Manhattan for the new Stonewall National Monument ‘s visitor center Friday, marking the anniversary of the 1969 rebellion that helped reshape LGBTQ+ life in the U.S. It comes less than 24 hours after a presidential debate performance that, by most accounts, was devastating. The ribbon-cutting is scheduled for 5:30 p.m., though the...

Romney Smith reports.

The Gay Games welcomes thousands of athletes every four years to compete, just like the Olympics, and spotlights the LGBTQ+ community. NBC New York’s Linda Gaudino chats with the Federation of Gay Games and Team New York Aquatics on the games’ lasting legacy.

The National LGBTQ Wall of Honor will officially welcome five additional individuals who have had a positive and long-lasting impact on the LGBTQ+ movement through advocacy, politics, the arts and more. The ceremony is scheduled to take place Thursday night at the historic Stonewall Inn bar on Christopher Street in Lower Manhattan. “These extraordinary leaders remind us that true progress…

Just in time for Pride weekend, a new visitor center is opening as part of the Stonewall National Monument in Greenwich Village. NBC New York’s Sarah Wallace reports.

It was half of the Stonewall Inn, the gay dive bar where a 1969 police raid became a landmark moment for the LGBTQ+ rights movement. Yet for much of the 55 years since, there has been little outward indication that 51 Christopher St. was part of that history. It had housed the Stonewall’s biggest bar and one of the two dance floors…

The Family Fare cake decorator said the nationwide support brought her to tears and that what’s most important is people knowing there are others standing up for them.

Several people were injured after a “possible chemical agent” was released during the Baltimore Pride parade Saturday evening, according to the Baltimore Police Department.

With Pride Month in full gear, U.S. shoppers can find the usual merchandise many stores stock for the June celebration of LGBTQ+ culture and rights. But analysts and advocates say the marketing is toned down compared to previous years, and at some chains, there’s no trace of Pride at all.

After a lifetime of secrecy, a decorated veteran came out as gay in his obituary.

This month is the 55th Anniversary of the Stonewall uprising and this New Yorker is making sure that the events leading up to one of the most pivotal points of gay and American history are remembered through a podcast called “Remembering Gay History”.  NBC New York’s Gus Rosendale reports. 

From parades and marches, to ceremonies and other events, there are plenty of Pride celebrations across the five boroughs throughout the month of June. And the NYPD has shared how it plans to keep all attendees and participants safe.

Pride Month celebrations are planned throughout NYC for the rest of June, with Brooklyn’s Pride Parade taking place this weekend. The NYPD has said there are no credible threats of violence targeting any of the event, but they’re staying vigilant for everyone’s safety. NBC New York’s Lynda Baquero reports.

Do not bring your anti-Pride rhetoric to an Adele concert.

The iconic yellow and green of Brazil’s flag mixed with a sea of rainbow-colored tutus, hand fans and drag queen hairdos at Sunday’s LGBTQ+ pride parade in Sao Paulo. The event along the city’s main thoroughfare is among the biggest gay pride celebrations in the world.

Jessica Madsen is celebrating her “love” this month, and her “Bridgerton” co-stars are showing their support.