Gay Pride Parade (New York City)

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The Gay Pride Parade (or, less commonly, Gay Pride March) is an annual parade in New York City, usually traversing southward down Fifth Avenue and through Greenwich Village. The parade marches by the site of the Stonewall Inn on Christopher Street, location of the 1969 police raid which launched the modern Gay Rights Movement. The first NYC Gay Pride March was held in 1970, and is one of the oldest gay pride parades. The Parade and Festival are the concluding events for the city's Gay Pride Week. Heritage of Pride or HOP for short is the Producer of Pride Events in New York City. HOP organizes the March often called a parade, the Rally, PrideFest and the Dance on the Pier.