PHOTO ESSAY BY CHRISTIAN MILES: IN CHELSEA, AFTER THE NYC PRIDE MARCH OF JUNE 30, 2019 Chelsea Community News is made possible with the help of our awesome advertisers, and the support of our readers. If you like what you see, please consider taking part in our GoFundMe campaign (click here). To make a direct […]
BY CHARLES BATTERSBY | At the stroke of noon on Sunday, June 2, Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” boomed out on the corner of 37th Ave. and 89th St. in Queens. It was a sound check for Queens Pride. New York City was just 36 hours into Pride Month, and the first of our Pride […]
BY WINNIE McCROY | By 9am on Sunday, June 30, a few thousand people had gathered at Sheridan Square, just south of the Stonewall Inn, to await the step-off of the Queer Liberation March. By the time the March wended its way up Sixth Ave. to Central Park, the crowd had reached an estimated 45,000 […]
BY KRISTEN ANCILLOTTI | The 2019 NYC Pride March was held on June 30, an event that historically brings millions of people together, either to march, or to cheer on the procession of floats and participants waving and dancing their way down the March route—which, this year, traveled down Fifth Ave., into the Village, and […]
BY WINNIE McCROY | On Monday, June 17, the New York City Council invited the community to The Joyce Theater for an LGBT Pride/Stonewall 50 celebration. Speaker Corey Johnson, whose District 3 area of coverage includes Chelsea, gathered elected officials together to present Proclamations to activists who have helped advance the cause of LGBT civil […]