It’s time for Pride in New York City, as the 2025 Pride March steps off this Sunday in Manhattan.
Organizers say this year’s theme honors the legacy of the 1969 Stonewall Riots and the inaugural Pride March that was held the following year.
What is the NYC Pride theme for 2025?
The 2025 theme is “Rise Up: Pride in Protest.” The Stonewall Inn, now the site of the Stonewall National Monument on Christopher Street in Greenwich Village, is considered the birthplace of the gay rights movement.
On June 28, 1969, when homosexual acts were still outlawed in New York City, police raided the bar — a place of refuge for the gay community and frequent target of harassment. The raid set off six days of clashes between police and LGBTQ+ protesters, and the riots that followed spearheaded LGBTQ+ activism in the United States…