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NYC Pride March through the years, in photos

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  • Marchers make their way up Fifth Avenue in Manhattan at the Pride Parade on June 28, 1981.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Alan Raia
  • A mom marches during the Gay Pride Parade in Manhattan on June 28, 1981.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Alan Raia
  • Members of the group NYC Parents of Lesbians and Gay Men march along Fifth Avenue in Manhattan at the Gay Pride Parade on June 28, 1981.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Alan Raia
  • A view of the NYC Pride March on Fifth Avenue on June 30, 1985.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Daniel Goodrich
  • Spectators watch the NYC Pride March on June 29, 1986, from outside of the New York Public Library.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Ken Sawchuk
  • Marchers pass anti-gay protesters near St. Patrick's Cathedral during the NYC Pride March on June 29, 1986.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Tom Kitts
  • On June 29, 1986, people in the NYC Pride March exchange words with two Lyndon LaRouche supporters who were insulting parade participants. Lyndon LaRouche had called for the registration and quarantining of those suffering from or carrying the AIDS virus. LaRouche had gained enough signatures in California to force a vote in the state's November election.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Tom Kitts
  • Marchers make their way down Fifth Avenue on June 28, 1987, for the annual NYC Pride March.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Richard Lee
  • An overview of the crowd at the rally on Christopher and West streets at the end of the NYC Pride March on June 28, 1987.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Ray Stubblebine
  • NYC Pride marchers head down Fifth Avenue on June 26, 1988.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Jeffrey Salter
  • Gay rights activists representing the Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center dance down Fifth Avenue on June 25, 1989.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Todd Endorf
  • Squire Bergen marches in the NYC Pride March with a bottle of AZT, the medication he takes to survive, taped to his overalls. Mayor Ed Koch is seen in the background. About 1,000 gay men, lesbians and their supporters re-enacted one of the first gay rights marches in New York City on June 25, 1989. The group marched more than 60 blocks through Manhattan to protest the government's AIDS policy and violence against homosexuals.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Jeffrey A. Salter
  • Members of the group ACT UP, or AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, lie in the middle of Fifth Avenue during the NYC Pride March on June 24, 1990.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Nanine Hartzenbusch
  • Mayor David Dinkins walks in the NYC Pride March on June 24, 1990.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Jim Cummins
  • Members of the Gay Asians Group perform for spectators at the NYC Pride March on June 30, 1991.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Jeffery A. Salter
  • Members of the Gay Veterans Association carry a large American flag down Fifth Avenue during the NYC Pride March on June 27, 1993.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Gigi Cohen
  • Participants wear
    Photo Credit: Getty Images / Michael Nagle
  • Revelers kiss in front of the Stonewall Inn on Christopher Street during the NYC Pride March on June 24, 2012.
    Photo Credit: Getty Images / Michael Nagle
  • Mayor Bill de Blasio takes part in the NYC Pride March on June 28, 2015. The march took place two days after the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision guaranteeing nationwide same-sex marriage rights.
    Photo Credit: Getty Images / Yana Paskova
  • Barbara Poma, center, the owner of Orlando's Pulse nightclub, rides on a float during the NYC Pride March on Fifth Avenue on June 26, 2016. The parade paid tribute to the 49 people killed in the shooting at Pulse on June 12.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Wonder Woman strikes a pose during the NYC Pride March along Fifth Avenue on June 26, 2016.
    Photo Credit: Craig Ruttle
  • Grand marshal Brooke Guinan, the first openly transgender FDNY firefighter, leads thousands down Fifth Avenue during the NYC Pride March on June 25, 2017.
    Photo Credit: David Handschuh
  • Thousands march down Fifth Avenue during the NYC Pride March on June 25, 2017.
    Photo Credit: David Handschuh
  • Marchers are pretty in pink at the NYC Pride March on Sunday, June 24, 2018.
    Photo Credit: Jeff Bachner
  • Spectators in an apartment on Christopher Street wave to friends in the NYC Pride March on Sunday, June 24, 2018.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • One spectator with rainbows on her cheeks cheers on Christopher Street during the NYC Pride March on Sunday, June 24, 2018.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • NYC Pride March grand marshal Billie Jean King waves to spectators in the West Village on Sunday, June 24, 2018.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • The Resistance Contingent, a collective of more than 30 advocacy groups created by the Reclaim Pride Coalition, marched together in the NYC Pride March on June 24, 2018. This year, RPC is organizing a separate Queer Liberation March, to be held on the same day but in a different location than the Pride March.
    Photo Credit: Rajvi Desai

New York City has been proud for quite some time.

NYC Pride March, the world’s largest LGBTQ pride celebration, kicked off in 1970 as the Christopher Street Liberation Day march. The annual march commemorates the Stonewall riots of 1969, which happened at the now-iconic Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village.

This year’s Pride March commemorates 50 years since the Stonewall uprising. Scroll down to see photos from past marches through the years.

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