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The New York City Pride Festival is held for the LGBT community, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. The Parade is also known as the Gay Pride Parade, Pride Events, and Pride Festival. The March, Pride Fest (the festival) and the Dance on the Pier are the main events of Pride Week in New York City Gay Pride Week. Since 1984, Heritage of Pride (HOP) has been the producer and organizer of Pride Events in New York City. Get your chance to be a part of a very important movement when you travel with your New York airport car rental to the NYC Pride Festival.

A little history

The NYC Pride March is the oldest gay parade, it was first held in 1969. It is known as March and not as a Parade until there is full equality for the LGBTQ community. It was early Saturday Morning June 28, 1969 when LGBT people rioted after a police raid on the gay bar, Stonewall Inn in the Greenwich Village. The Stonewall Riot is considered by many to be the beginning of the modern gay rights movement. On the first anniversary of the Stonewall Riot on June 28, 1970, the Gay Liberation Front organized a march. The march started in Greenwich Village to Central Park. Marches were also held in Los Angeles and San Francisco in the same weekend. In the 1980s the name was replaced with Gay Pride.

The organizers

The NYC Pride Festival is organized of Heritage of Pride (HOP), a volunteer, non-partisan, tax-exempt, non-profit organization that organizes lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) pride events in New York City to commemorate the Stonewall riots. HOP is one of the few LGBT organizations that is run at the grass-roots level. HOP welcomes the participation of all, regardless of age, creed, gender, gender identification, HIV status, national origin, physical, mental or developmental ability, race, or religion. If youre interested in helping out or participating make sure to check out their website for more information.

Experiencing the festival

When you visit with your New York airport car rental today you will find that the parade still has some of the original political seriousness. However, the parades today are more similar to Mardi-Gras and attract visitors from all over. The NYC Pride Festival has large parades that involve floats, dancers, drag queens, and loud music, providing a carnival like atmosphere. The city closes off streets and provides music concerts, barbecues, beer stands, contests, sports and games as well. So get ready for a great time at the NYC Pride Festival when you travel with your New York Airport car rental.

Making history

The 2008 NYC Pride March was significant in that the New York Governor David A. Paterson and Senator Charles Schumer and NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg were all in attendance. The 2008 Grand Marshals of the NYC Pride March where Gilbert Baker and Candice Cayne. 2009 marks that 40th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots in New York City. In light of this special time, HOP and the NY government had promoted this event for people around the world to attend. The March down 5th Ave was one of the biggest celebrations in the memory of the NYC Pride Festival. You too can be a part of history when you travel to the NYC Pride Festival with your New York Airport car rental!

Before you go

For more information on the NYC Pride Festival when you visit with your New York Airport car rental visit the NYC LGBT Gay Pride official website at http://www.nycpride.org/

Check out the Action Car Rental location at 741 Broadway, New York, NY 10003 .