New York’s Pride march kicks off at noon Sunday with 677 contingents including community groups, major corporations and cast members from FX’s “Pose.” Organizers say they expect 150,000 people to march, with hundreds of thousands more lining the streets to watch. The organizers of the queer march say the larger Pride event has become too commercialized and too heavily policed. The Pride march concludes a month of Stonewall commemorations in New York that included rallies, parties, film showings and a human rights conference. The celebration coincides with WorldPride, an international LGBTQ event that started in Rome in 2000 and was held in New York this past week. Other Pride events will take place Sunday around the U.S. and the world.

Source: thestar June 30, 2019 07:32 UTC