Today the Pride March makes its way down Manhattan's Fifth Avenue to Washington Square Park. From there, marchers will turn on to Christopher Street and pass the Stonewall Inn. On this date forty-five years ago, patrons fought police officers who tried to raid the bar. This clash, first labelled as the Stonewall Riot and later the Stonewall Rebellion, is usually cited as the beginning of the modern LGBT equality movement.
As always, there will be some bicycles in the procession. Of course, nobody will ride very fast, and some of the bikes as well as cyclists will no doubt serve mainly as props for signs or floats.
I admire the spirit of these marchers in Vietnam, who are pushing for marriage equality in one of Asia's most repressive regimes:
We all know that such struggles are important. But we can't forget that sometimes the battle is won and lost with, and on, accessories:
As always, there will be some bicycles in the procession. Of course, nobody will ride very fast, and some of the bikes as well as cyclists will no doubt serve mainly as props for signs or floats.
I admire the spirit of these marchers in Vietnam, who are pushing for marriage equality in one of Asia's most repressive regimes:
We all know that such struggles are important. But we can't forget that sometimes the battle is won and lost with, and on, accessories:
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