The crowd called out "Somos Orlando" as the float drove down Fifth Avenue.Ĭlinton joined the parade on Seventh Avenue South and Stonewall Place to shake hands with a crowd of people who chanted her name.
bFQHVhSd3Y- Kathleen Culliton June 26, 2016 #NYCPride float that honors Orlando victims comes down Stonewall Place. The Heritage of Pride float featured the names of the Orlando victims, including Brooklyn’s own Enrique Rios, and was trailed by marchers carrying a #WeAreOrlando banner. Giant Flags continue to WOW audiences whenever the National Anthem is sung. Hello Select your address Home & Kitchen. For additional information and a quote, please contact Joe Kivett. Diane LeConte, 46, carried an Orlando memorial flag with her 6-year-old son, Nicholas.ĭiane LeConte marches with 6-year-old Nicholas, "to show my son to accept people for who they are." #NYCPride /8DmRyi5pH0- Kathleen Culliton June 26, 2016 : Gay Pride Rainbow Flag GIANT 8'x5' by Top Brand: Paintings. Pride Parade producers Heritage of Pride organized a color guard to carry 49 orange flags in honor of the victims. cClSNAw2XX- Kathleen Culliton June 26, 2016 Rudy Chacin #NYCPride lost 3 friends at Pulse: "we couldn't be there for them then so we're here for them now." /CW4afBPdxP- Kathleen Culliton June 26, 2016Īntonio Ramos, 47: "I'm here to represent trans for my fellows in #Orlando and the whole world. Hearts and minds throughout the nation and the globe were with those who lost their lives and. Rainbow flags and light displays still cover the city, Orlando Pride transforms the entire city and everybody has come together, united providing that. The governor was trailed by more than 32,000 people who marched down Fifth Avenue toward Stonewall Inn, many of whom came to honor the 49 victims who were slain at the Pulse nightclub two weeks earlier. Orlando Shootings City Hall hangs giant rainbow flag in honor of Orlando victims, organizes vigil. "New York stands with Orlando, New York loves Orlando." "A lot of this is about unifying with Orlando," said Cuomo before the parade.
Al Sharpton, Anthony Weiner and "Sex and the City" star Cynthia Nixon all making an appearance.
The parade was led by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio with presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, the Rev. WEST VILLAGE - The New York City Pride Parade began Sunday with a moment of silence for victims of the mass shooting in an Orlando gay nightclub and honored them with a flag for each person killed in the attack. The Orlando Pride apologized after a supporters’ group was told it could not display a banner that used the word gay at a match this weekend. Chicopee raises gay pride flag in wake of Orlando mass shooting.