LGBT Parade In Jackson Heights

Gay Pride Parade In Jackson Heights

June 6, 2010 / Jackson Heights / Queens Buzz. The 18th annual LGBT [Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender] Pride Parade took place in Jackson Heights. The parade started in 1992 as an evolutionary step by gays seeking to establish their rights to equal treatment under the law. It is widely believed that the gay rights movement began in 1969 with the Stonewall Riots in NYC.

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