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 Spectators along Christopher Street for the Pride March in 2003 | |
| Nickname | NYC Pride |
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| Formation | 1984 |
| Type | Non-profit organization |
| Legal status | 501(c)(3) organization |
| Purpose | LGBTQIA+ Pride events |
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| Website | nycpride.org |
Heritage of Pride (HOP), doing business as NYC Pride, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that plans and produces the official New York City LGBTQIA+ Pride Week events each June.[1] HOP began working on the events in 1984, taking on the work previously done by the Christopher Street Liberation Day Committee organizers of the first NYC Pride March in 1970. HOP also took over responsibility for the operations of NYC's Pride Festival and Pride Rally.[2] It was that first march that brought national attention to 1969's Stonewall Riots. The late sixties saw numerous protests and riots across the United States on many social injustices and from general political unrest including the war in Vietnam.
After events in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago in June 1970, Pride chapters formed in cities across the US. Pride London was the first non-US city to rise in support of Gay Rights in 1972 and Pride festivals (or Christopher Street Days) now occur on six continents. The official LGBTQIA+ Pride events for New York City end on the last Sunday of each June. Additional New York City events in the outer boroughs are organized by Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island Pride chapters.
- ^ "HERITAGE OF PRIDE". www.nycpride.org. Archived from the original on 2002-08-03.
- ^ "Heritage of Pride Records". The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center. 2018-02-14. Retrieved 2019-05-11.