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Evelyn Kanter

Stonewall Inn National MonumentShow your pride virtually this year. NYC Pride joins worldwide streaming events with a parade of virtual celebrations including such superstars as Billy Porter and Janelle Monáe.

It’s the first time ever that Pride Month is online, and it’s also the 50th anniversary of the first Pride March in NYC in 1970. 

Most events are the weekend of June 26-28, but some are this weekend.

Here’s a partial list, by date, so you can keep track.

Sunday, June 21, at 11:30am

Denver Virtual Pride Parade

This will be online at the same time it would have been marching live. I nstead of floats, the vitual parade will have  digital shorts from community groups and members, corporate and commercial supporters and sponsors, and drag queens and kings.

  • On the Denver Pride Facebook page, and the Center on Colfax Instagram and YouTube pages. Denver7 will stream the event

Friday, June 26, at 5pm

Virtual Pride Rally

Hosted by trans journalist Ashlee Marie Preston and trans actor Brian Michael Smith, this rally will focus on police brutality and discrimination and the hosts will be joined by community activists, organizers, politicians, and other guests.

  • livestreamed on Facebook and YouTube from 5pm to 8pm

Saturday, June 27 at 10:30am for 24 hours

Global Pride 2020

This will be the first ever worldwide LGBTQIA+ event, live-streaming for 24 hours and expected to attract as many as 300 million viewers.

The event is putting the Black Lives Matter movement at its center.

Todrick Hall will host the stream of music, performances, speeches and messages of support.

Entertainers scheduled to participate include Laverne Cox, Adam Lambert, Kesha, Rita Ora, the Pussycat Dolls, Dixie Chicks, Olivia Newton-John, Pabllo Vittar and Courtney Act

Other participants include:
 
Joseph R. Biden Jr., the presumptive Democratic nominee for U.S. president;
Speaker Nancy Pelosi;
Justin Trudeau, the Canadian prime minister;
Leo Varadkar, the Irish prime minister;
Carlos Alvarado Quesada, president of Costa Rica, where same-sex marriage was legalized in May;
Erna Solberg, prime minister of Norway;
Xavier Bettel, prime minister of Luxembourg;
Crown Princess Mary of Denmark;
Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil of India.
  • How to watch:
  • The Global Pride website, Todrick Hall’s YouTube channel,  iHeartRadio YouTube channel.

Saturday, June 27 at 11pm

The first Los Angeles ’virtual Los Angeles Pride parade will air as a 90-minute prime-time special on the KABC-TV, which will also broadcast the event online.

The special will highlight local unsung heroes, queer culture and community activists, through historical vignettes and current interviews. .

Guests include Raven-Symoné, Karl Schmid.Alex Newell, Amara La Negra, Bob the Drag Queen, Carson Kressley, Erika Jayne, Hayley Kiyoko, Jake Borelli, Lance Bass, Lee Daniels, Leslie Jordan, Megan Hilty, Mj Rodriguez of “Pose”, Neve Campbell, Sandra Bernhard, Shea Diamond, the Pussycat Dolls, Trixie Mattel and more.

  • How to watch: Where: On the Los Angeles ABC7 website.

Sunday, June 28 at Noon

NYC Special Pride Broadcast Event

This  serves as a virtual substitute to the annual Pride March.

This year’s event will celebrate the frontline workers and honor several leading members of the LGBTQIA+ community as Grand Marshals.  They include  Peng Yanzi, the director of LGBT Rights Advocacy China; transgender activist Victoria Cruz; and the Ali Forney Center, an organization that provides safe housing options and resources for LGBTQIA+ youths.

There will also be special appearances and performances by Janelle Monáe, Deborah Cox, Billy Porter, Luisa Sonza, among others.

  • Broadcasting on ABC on Sunday, June 28 from 12:00 to 2:00 pm EDT

Sunday, June 28 at 8pm

nyc pride free events‘FUNORTHODOX’

Mayim Balik hosts ‘FunOrthodox,’ a star-studded evening of comedy and music to benefit Eshel, the advocacy organization that serves the Orthodox LGBT+ community.

Performers include Emmy Award-winning comedians Bruce Vilanch and Judy Gold, Leah Gottfried (and the cast of the hit web series “Soon by You”), Cory Kahaney (“Last Comic Standing”) and many more

  • Watch on facebook.com/events/631078884161823/.
  • Free but donations are requested.

June 28 to July 5

Pride Inside, From Amnesty International UK

Pride Inside is a collaboration among Amnesty International UK, Black Pride UK, Stonewall UK and ParaPride

This is an ongoing digital celebration bringing together an international group of L.G.B.T.Q. artists, musicians, comedians, D.J.s and activists for performances, talks and workshops.

The goal is to raise awareness about how some studies have found that the pandemic may disproportionately affect L.G.B.T.Q. people. .

  • How to watch:
  • The Pride Inside website, Amnesty International UK, UK Black Pride, Stonewall UK and ParaPride will stream selected events on their own platforms.

Find a list of additional events in Europe, San Francisco, Boston, and more in this NY Times article.

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Posted by Evelyn Kanter on June 19, 2020 | Updated June 26, 2020 Filed Under: Jewish New York · NYC Free · Virtual Events Tagged With: NYC Pride

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