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The parade drew more than 100,000 spectators and participants. had one of the largest corporate presences, and chief executive Tim Cook greeted the estimated 4,000 employees and family members who participated. In San Francisco, hundreds of motorcyclists of the lesbian group Dykes on Bikes took their traditional spot at the head of the 44th annual parade and loudly kicked off the festivities with a combined roar. The parade route passes The Stonewall Inn, the site of the riots.
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The parade marked the 45th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, the 1969 uprising against police raids that were a catalyst for the gay rights movement. Andrew Cuomo were among those walking along a lavender line painted on the avenue from midtown Manhattan to the West Village. Politicians including Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. New York's Fifth Avenue became one giant rainbow as thousands of participants waved multicolored flags while making their way down the street. "I think it is a huge thing, and everybody's over the moon that they can do it now." "I think there is definitely like an even more sense of pride now knowing that in Illinois you can legally get married now," said Charlie Gurion, who with David Wilk in February became the first couple in Cook County to get a same-sex marriage license. Sunday drew huge crowds of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people and their supporters who celebrated after a year of numerous same-sex marriage victories.Īs many as 1 million people packed the streets of the Chicago's North Side for the first gay pride parade since Illinois legalized gay marriage last month. NEW YORK - Gay pride parades held around the U.S.