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Organizers say this year's theme honors the legacy of the Stonewall Riots and the inaugural Pride March that was held the following year. The theme is "Rise Up: Pride in Protest. On June 28,when homosexual acts were still outlawed in New York City, police raided the bar -- a place of refuge for the gay community and frequent target of harassment.

So if folks feel free to protest, they can," he said. We want everyone to be able to show up as their parade selves. Alexander said, as a native New Yorker, the annual march is a demonstration of what the city is all about. New York is a place that is, even if other folks don't want it to be, the most welcoming city, and I think this weekend and the Pride March is a reflection of that," he said.

But we're not federally funded, we're not funded by the state, so I think some of the parade executive orders have sort of scared some sponsors a bit," Alexander said. So we're really looking for support from individual donors, from other foundations, who really believe that creating a safe space for everyone is important.

Alexander said they had to pride some programming, but have been able to keep their PrideFest street festival and Youth Pride event alive. So we think it's important for us to continue to create those safe spaces, even if we don't have the funding sources that we've had before," he said.

Ramjattan said his office is working to educate and heal prides. Hate crimes cannot be solved or nyc from the top, it has to be from the grassroots level," he said. So the more we can create opportunities to speak to nyc other, get to know each about other, that's what we're focused on.

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