Large crowds of local and foreign gays descended upon the Stonewall Inn in New York's Greenwich Village on World Pride weekend, 28 June, 2019. Ronald Lopez/ZUMA Wire/Alamy Live News New York City, New York, USA. On this day, 50-years-ago, the New York Police Department (NYPD) raided the neighborhood gay bar sparking a riot that lead to the modern-day gay-rights movement. Photo by Louis Lanzano/UPI Credit: UPI/Alamy Live News New York City entered phase 2 of a four-part reopening plan Monday after being closed for 3 months due to COVID-19. No marchers were allowed this year since the first one held in 1970 and has since become an annual civil rights demonstration. A crowd gathers in front of the iconic Stonewall gay bar in the West Village for the annual Pride March on Sunday, Jin New York City. Photo by Louis Lanzano/UPI Credit: UPI/Alamy Live News New York, United States.
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No marchers were allowed this year for the first time since 1970 in what has become an annual civil rights demonstration. A small crowd gathers in front of the iconic Stonewall gay bar in the West Village for the annual Pride March on Sunday, Jin New York City.
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People are flocking to the site, now a National Monument, as Gay Pride events get underway in New York City this weekend, including Sunday's Pride march.
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A police cruiser, in rainbow trim, stands guard in front of the Stonewall Inn in New York City's Greenwich Village where the Gay Pride movement was born, following a series of demonstrations in response to a police raid of the bar in 1969. Credit: Adam Stoltman/Alamy Live News New York, USA.