The weekend is finally here and Gay Pride Weekend is in full effect at She's So New York!
Need something to do? Courtesy of Time Out Magazine, here are some of the hottest events taking place this weekend! Take pictures, videos, commentary! Show us what Gay Pride means to you:
Saturday, June 26th:
18th Annual New York City Dyke March (site): Loud and Proud lesbians marching down 5th Avenue. Can you imagine the sight? 5pm (March starts at 5th Avenue and 42nd Street, take the D or F to 42nd Street- Bryant Park)
GirlNation Pride: Free shots, go-go girls, and tunes - need we say more?
Point Break (12 West 45th Street btw. Fifth & Sixth Ave), 10PM
Directions: B, D, F to 47th-50th Street/Rockerfeller Center $5 before 11PM, $10 before
Harlem Pride (site): Harlem's first ever LGBT Pride celebration equipped with vendors, entertainment, and dancing in the streets. 12pm-6pm (119th Street btw. Fifth and Malcolm X Blvd) Directions: 2,3 to 116th Street
Sunday, June 27th
2010 NYC Pride March: This year boasts Judy Shepard (mother of the late Matthew Shepard), Dan Choi (Discharged Soilder & "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" activist), and Constance McMillen - (the lesbian teen recently in the headlines when her prom was canceled after McMillen protested not being able to bring her girlfriend) - as this year's grand marshalls for the annual pride march. The sights of pride are not to be missed: drag queens with their unusual, bizarre, and extravagant costumes, floats boasting celebrity and political supporters, march goers walking proudly in all their glory - who wants to miss that? (Steps off on Fifth Avenue at 36th Street and heads south to Christopher Street)
18th Annual Pridefest (site): Legendary drag diva, Hedda Lettuce, and Drag king troupe Switch 'n' Play are amongst who will be in attedence this year. Alongside vendors, performers, and fellow gays - this is an event you can't miss! 11AM-7PM (Hudson Street btw. 14th Street and Abingdon Square)
Looking for more ways to turn out this weekend? Check out Time Out's all access Gay Pride event calendar!
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