“We had no idea the beauty that would be here today,” Mr. Burris said, rubbing the goose bumps on his arms. “This acceptance may be too late for me,” Mr. Burris said. It’s a young world, and those who are young will bring even greater change.”Officials believed the crowds surpassed the 1.6 million who attended last year, and 30,000 of them were marchers, making up 484 contingents. He imagined that his partner could not have fathomed what the parade had become and how the world had changed. But advocates said that the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community in the United States still faced discrimination and violence and that gay people in other countries faced far dire circumstances.

Source: New York Times June 27, 2016 02:47 UTC