A video from our time in Boston and New York City Pride 2019 the year of Stonewall 50th Anniversary.
Pride 2019 by YayYay24
Show us Your Pride!!
Pride month is fast approaching with many Pride celebrations being postponed or cancelled due to covid. We’d like you to share your favorite Pride Stories. Share your Pride photos and anything you’d like to about what Pride means to you!!
Happy 4th
With Pride we take honor of our independence and freedoms.
Show us your Red, White and Blue!!
The Month of Pride Is Around the Corner
We’re days away from this year’s pride month of June. The calendar is full and the days to our first parade/march of the season is nearing.
Here’s a list of our scheduled events:
Boston Pride June 8th
This is our first event of the season with 900 feet of The River of Pride Flag and the highly anticipated debut of The Unity Pride Flag. The new flag is made up of 274 flags that is 200 feet long. We’re looking forward to seeing it unfurled for the first time!
Pride Portland! June 15th
We’re happy to say this will be The River of Pride Flag’s 12th time in the Portland ME pride parade. We’re honored to have been requested and looking forward to seeing familiar marchers carrying the flag again this year!
New York City Pride June 30th
June marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots and the first time WorldPride is being hosted in the United States.
NYC Pride invites both flags to take part in the march. 1/4 mile of The River of Pride Flag will be participating along with The Unity Pride Flag.
NYC World Pride Closing Ceremony
Mark your calendars for June 30, 2019, as NYC Pride welcomes all to a final celebration of pride from 7-10pm in NYC’s iconic Times Square.
Be sure to reserve your green tier tickets here. They are FREE! Once you register, you will get one email with your confirmation and a separate email for each ticket you reserve. You MUST PRINT the tickets prior to arrival.
Thank you Wil W. for sharing this info with us!
A Picture Worth 450 Feet
In the coming days leading up to June also known as Pride month for some, The River of Pride Flag will gain 450 feet to its overall expanse. The flags overall length will go from 900 feet long to 1/4 of a mile.
This undertaking is in response to the additional venues asking for the flag to take part in their celebration. The addition will come in the form of three new sections being connected by zippers added to the 5 previous. As in past years individual sections can be seen at different venues supporting the community.
2008 was the last time The River of Pride had seen an increased. At the time 600 feet was added bringing the flag to 900 feet.
Be Seen, Be Heard & Be Proud!!
Share Your Pride with Everyone!!
Would you like to show your pride by marching in the largest Pride Marching in the country. The River of Pride Flag and The Unity Pride Flag have been invited to WorldPride held in New York City on June 30th for the 50th anniversary of Stonewall.
Whether it’ll be your 1st time marching or your 50th, it’ll be historical for us all.
To connect with others that are going you can join the Facebook group WorldPride NYC 2019. Signing up to march is easy, click the signup form and enter your info.
We’ll see you in New York City!!
Transgender Flag in Congress
The new congresswoman from the 10th district of Virginia said she hung it to honor trans friends and family.
Newly elected Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Va., started her term with a statement of transgender equality by hanging the trans pride flag outside her office in Washington.
The flag, which can be seen by visitors to the Longworth House Office Building on the south side of the Capitol, is one of the flags that officials traditionally display outside their offices. The American flag and state flags are most common, but representatives can choose what flags to hang.
Abby Carter, Wexton’s chief of staff, confirmed that Wexton — the aunt to a transgender child — hung the flag to make a statement about trans inclusion.
“This is personal for me. We’re talking about my family and friends,” Wexton said in a statement to NBC News. “I want everyone in the trans community to know that they are welcome and loved even in the face of this administration and its attacks on who they are.”
“I didn’t think putting it up would be a big deal, but I’ve received a huge outpouring of support and appreciation from the LGBT community in the past two days,” Wexton added. “We’ve been receiving messages from across the country and they’ve been telling me how much it means to them to see that in the halls of Congress.”
Worldwide Laws Regarding Same Sex
Worldwide laws regarding same-sex intercourse and freedom of expression and association
Same-sex intercourse legal
Blue – Marriage
Light Blue – Marriage recognized but not performed
Blue – Civil unions and registered partnerships
Lavender – Unregistered Cohabitation1
Gray – Same-sex unions not recognized
Tan – Laws restricting freedom of expression and association
Same-sex intercourse illegal
Yellow – Illegal, although no arrests for same-sex intercourse for the last three years
Orange – Imprisonment
Red – Up to Life imprisonment
Brown – Up to Death Penalty
Rings indicate areas where local judges have granted/denied marriages or imposed the death penalty in a jurisdiction where that is not otherwise the law and/or areas with a case-by-case application.
*Some jurisdictions in this category may currently have other types of partnerships.
You can find more info here.
Madonna rings in 2019 with surprise appearance at Stonewall Inn
The Queen of Pop was recently named an ambassador of the iconic LGBTQ venue
Madonna rang in 2019 with a surprise appearance at Stonewall Inn, the iconic LGBTQ venue in Greenwich Village, New York.
The Queen of Pop was recently named an ambassador of Stonewall and her New Year’s appearance kicked off a series of events commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots. In a short speech, Madonna reflected on the anniversary of the gay liberation movement, saying: “I stand here proudly at the place where pride began, the legendary Stonewall Inn, on the birth of a new year. We come together tonight to celebrate 50 years of revolution, 50 years of freedom fighting, 50 years of blood, sweat, and tears. 50 years of sacrifice, 50 years of standing up to discrimination, hatred, and indifference. Let us never forget the Stonewall riots and those who bravely stood up and said enough.”
At the conclusion of her remarks, she led the crowd in singing Elvis Presley’s “Can’t Help Falling in Love” as well as her own seminal hit “Like A Prayer”. See fan-shot footage below.
