The first weekend I was in NYC was the humongous gay pride parade commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, which brought activists out of the closet when being gay was a crime.
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Police presence all along the way pointedly tried to ensure safety in contrast to the raid and brutality at Stonewall.
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People watched from every conceivable viewpoint along the way.
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One of an estimated 2.5 million spectators watching 150,000 marchers in a parade that lasted a good 10 hours, I spent three hours at a frontline position behind a street barricade with a lesbian and three gay guys, having a great time. I just couldn’t last the whole 10 and a half hours.
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