2 million Spectators watched yesterday's annual Pride
March right here in New York City.
Yesterday.
The event of course marks the 1969 Stonewall riot
that jump started the LGBTQ rights movement in the US
New York City's Pride March is known as the largest
of its kind with 75,000 people marching in yesterday's festivities.
This year's event was particularly important as anti LGBT Q legislation continues
to be passed across a number of states in the country,
banning drag performances and placing restrictions on transgender health care.