![]() ![]() Next year the 50th anniversary of Stonewall brings WorldPride to NYC. There are other ways of ensuring public safety. We don’t need every square inch of the parade route to be lined in barricades. Back home, Heritage of Pride, which organizes the Manhattan parade, had nothing to say in response to the Reclaim Pride Coalition’s demands about the NYPD’s overbearing policing each year. It all made NYC Pride of just a few thousand seem rather quaint. But the political message of the day was clear: This year’s parade theme was “Our Voice, Our Vote,” to help boost LGBTQ turnout in the runup to Brazil’s general election in October. Of the thousands of marchers weaving in and out of the streets between floats that hammered the city with bass, I saw few police or corporate sponsors. ![]() Ridgewood: On Sunday, I had the distinct pleasure of participating in the 22nd São Paulo LGBT Pride Parade along with millions of other revelers, and the only barricades I saw were strategically placed around a first-aid tent.
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