This Saturday: Rally with Rachel at NY Pride

By Steve Ralls on 06/15/2011 @ 03:47 PM

The first NYC LGBT Pride Rally occurred one month after the Stonewall Riots in June 1969 when 500 people gathered for a "Gay Power" demonstration in Washington Square Park. It was followed by a candlelight vigil in Sheridan Square. From 1997 to 2009, the Rally was held in Bryant Park.

In 2010, the Rally moved to its new home at Central Park's SummerStage in Rumsey Field, 5th Ave and 72nd St.

This Saturday, 2011 Pride celebrations will get underway with the kick-off rally featuring Immigration Equality's executive director, Rachel Tiven.

The rally gets under way on June 18th at 3pm, and Rachel will address the crowd at approximately 3:30. She'll be joined by headline performer Oh Land, the cast of Broadway's Priscilla Queen of the Desert and emcees Ross Matthews and Christine O'Leary.

If you're in New York on Saturday, join Rachel at Rumsey Playfield Central Park . . . and don't forget to sign up to march with Immigration Equality supporters on Sunday, June 26th, too. Everyone who marches with us receives a free Immigration Equality t-shirt!

For more information on Saturday's rally, click here. And to sign up to march with us on June 26th, visit us online!

Image via Wikipedia.