Join our New York City March. Be Part of World-Wide Pride Activities and March in Solidarity

With NYC Pride we join global LGBT efforts throughout the year to claim space and draw attention to the human rights violations we regularly confront as LGBT people - from carefree celebrations and parades to marches, demonstrations and protests of inequality and other public events such as those on the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO).

It is not always easy or possible to host or join such efforts and this NYC Pride we also march in solidarity with those LGBT people and supporters throughout the world who continue to face formidable obstacles to hosting Pride and other LGBT-affirming events and protests.

IGLHRC in NYC Pride - Liberty and Justice for All

When: Sunday, June 27, 2010

Where: Meet us in Section 8 at 38th Street between 5th and 6th Avenues
The parade runs from 5th Avenue & 36th Street to Christopher Street & Greenwich Street.

Time: By 12:00 noon

Wear green and white and look out for us!

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To learn more about NYC Pride events, visit http://www.nycpride.org.

Not in New York? Join our Virtual Pride March

Share your own Pride stories and experiences with the IGLHRC community and the people on the streets, follow @IGLHRC and tweet to the Twitter hashtag#prideww.

We will be covering the March live as we go and invite everyone to join in a virtual march that extends the message of solidarity and pride beyond New York and beyond the USA.

Celebrating Pride in another time and place?

Use the same hashtag — #prideww — to extend other Pride Marches and events beyond your own city and let the international community march with you.

Add your Pride photos to our Picasa album and help us create a map of worldwide pride.

Standing With Those Who Face Obstacles to Marking LGBT Pride

• In Russia, Latvia, Indonesia, and many other countries, Pride events have been banned by local governments or denied permits to march in public.
• In Serbia, Thailand, and Cuba, Pride activities have been canceled at the last minute because of anti-gay threats and intimidation, harassment, or arrest of participants prior to the event.
• In other countries, including Ecuador, Slovakia, and Hungary, Pride events were officially permitted by the local government, BUT participants were harassed by anti-gay protesters, and in some cases, beaten or arrested by the police meant to protect them.
• Across countries in the Middle East and Africa there are few Pride events. The social and political contexts LGBT activists in these regions must navigate and the frequently, conservative political, religious, and social climates preclude forms of expression that challenge gender or sexual norms in public spheres.
• In countries with well-established Pride events, such as Mexico, Australia, and Israel, large numbers of police are needed to protect participants from violence and attacks by conservative and anti-gay groups and mobs.

Despite these challenges, Pride Events are taking hold in more countries than ever before and Lithuania and Bratislava, Slovakia just celebrated their first Pride Parades in Spring 2010.

All this is due to the efforts and courage of LGBT activists and the gains made in having our human rights respected, protected and promoted. Whether the barriers Pride participants confront are government red-tape or traditional religious morals, harassment from right-wing protesters or violence from skinheads, LGBT groups and individuals worldwide are expressing their right to recognition and respect.

These events are core vehicles for social change for LGBT people - they are moments to share and create appreciation for diversity in sexuality and gender identity, moments to build and strengthen our communities and to build alliances.