New York City

=== LGBT culture ===
{{main|LGBT culture in New York City|Same-sex marriage in New York|NYC Pride March}}
{{further|New York City Drag March|Queens Pride Parade|List of LGBT people from New York City|List of largest LGBT events}}

New York City has been described as the [[LGBT culture in New York City|gay capital]] of the world and the central node of the [[LGBT|lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender]] (LGBT) [[political sociology|sociopolitical ecosystem]], and is home to one of the world's largest LGBT populations and the most prominent.<ref name=NYCGayCapitalOfTheWorld1>{{cite web |url = https://gayexpress.co.nz/2018/04/new-york-worlds-gay-capital/ |title = New York – The World's Gay Capital |first = Peter |last = Minkoff |publisher = Your LGBTQ+ Voice |date = April 5, 2018 |access-date = January 4, 2023 }}</ref> The New York metropolitan area is home to about 570,000 self-identifying [[Gays in New York City|gay]] and [[Bisexuality|bisexual]] people, [[LGBT demographics of the United States#By metropolitan area|the largest in the United States]].<ref>{{cite web |last = Gates |first = Gary J. |title = Same-sex Couples and the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Population: New Estimates from the American Community Survey |url = http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/Gates-Same-Sex-Couples-GLB-Pop-ACS-Oct-2006.pdf |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130609015224/http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/Gates-Same-Sex-Couples-GLB-Pop-ACS-Oct-2006.pdf |archive-date = June 9, 2013 |date = October 2006 |access-date = December 7, 2013 |publisher = [[Williams Institute|The Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1 = Silverman |first1 = Brian |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=fIAuxa6ic9EC&q=new+york+one+of+the+largest+world+gay+population&pg=PT703 |title = Frommer's New York City 2013 |last2 = Chauvin |first2 = Kelsy |year = 2013 |isbn = 978-1-118-33144-6 |access-date = March 24, 2015 |publisher = [[John Wiley & Sons]] }}</ref> Same-sex sexual activity between consenting adults has been legal in New York since 1980's ''[[New York v. Onofre]]'' case, which invalidated the state's [[Sodomy laws in the United States#State and territorial laws prior to Lawrence v. Texas|sodomy law]].<ref>{{cite court |litigants = People v. Ronald Onofre |vol = 51 |reporter = N.Y.2d |opinion = 476 |court = [[New York Court of Appeals|N.Y. Court of Appeals]] |date = December 18, 1980 |url = https://www.leagle.com/decision/198052751ny2d4761481 |access-date = March 30, 2022 }}</ref> [[Same-sex marriage in New York]] was legalized on June 24, 2011, and were authorized to take place on July 23, 2011.<ref>{{cite news |last1 = Confessore |first1 = Nicholas |last2 = Barbaro |first2 = Michael |date = June 24, 2011 |title = New York Allows Same-Sex Marriage, Becoming Largest State to Pass Law |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/25/nyregion/gay-marriage-approved-by-new-york-senate.html?_r=1&hp |access-date = September 2, 2012 |work = [[The New York Times]] }}</ref>

[[File:NYC_Pride_2019_26.jpg|thumb|The [[New York City Pride March]] is the [[list of largest LGBT events|largest pride parade in the world.]]<ref name="NYCWorld'sLargestPrideParade"/>]]

The annual [[New York City Pride March]] proceeds southward down [[Fifth Avenue]] and ends at [[Greenwich Village, Manhattan|Greenwich Village]] in Lower Manhattan; the parade is the [[list of largest LGBT events|largest pride parade in the world]], attracting tens of thousands of participants and millions of sidewalk spectators each June.<ref name="NYCWorld'sLargestPrideParade">{{cite web |date = June 25, 2017 |title = Revelers Take to the Streets For 48th Annual NYC Pride March |url = http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2017/06/25/48th-nyc-pride-march/ |access-date = June 26, 2017 |publisher = [[CBS New York]] |quote = A sea of rainbows took over the Big Apple for the biggest pride parade in the world Sunday. }}</ref><ref name=NYCWorld>{{Cite web |last=Gleason |first=Will |date=March 11, 2019 |title=Citing its diversity and culture, NYC was voted best city in the world in new global survey |url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/new-york-voted-best-city-in-the-world-in-massive-worldwide-survey-031119 |access-date=May 19, 2019 |website=[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]] |quote=After compiling the thoughts of over 30,000 people, both from our NYC readership and half-a-world away, New York was voted the greatest city on the planet for 2019. In a hint as to why this happened, and why now, it also led the categories of most diverse metropolis and best culture.... Since then, it's steadily attracted more and more attendees and, last year, averaged 10,000 people a night. Those thousands of New Yorkers weren't just hungry for new food, but for new points-of-view.... 'We've now been able to represent over 85 countries, and I'm constantly hearing examples of people branching out and trying things they've never heard of before.'}}</ref> The annual [[Queens Pride Parade]] is held in [[Jackson Heights, Queens|Jackson Heights]] and is accompanied by the ensuing ''Multicultural Parade''.<ref name="NYCTrans">{{cite news |first = Bill |last = Parry |date = July 10, 2018 |title = Elmhurst vigil remembers transgender victims lost to violence and hate |newspaper = [[TimesLedger Newspapers|TimesLedger]] |location = New York |url = https://www.timesledger.com/stories/2016/48/transvigil_2016_11_25_q.html |url-status = dead |access-date = April 13, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190213003206/https://www.timesledger.com/stories/2016/48/transvigil_2016_11_25_q.html |archive-date = February 13, 2019 }}</ref>

[[Stonewall 50 – WorldPride NYC 2019]] was the [[List of largest LGBT events|largest international Pride celebration]] in history, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, with 150,000 participants and five million spectators attending in Manhattan alone.<ref name="Authorities1">{{cite news |first = Karma |last = Allen |url = https://abcnews.go.com/US/million-people-crowed-nyc-worldpride-mayor/story?id=64090338 |title = About 5 million people attended WorldPride in NYC, mayor says |date = July 3, 2019 |access-date = July 3, 2019 |work = [[ABC News]] }}</ref> New York City is home to the largest [[transgender]] population in the world, estimated at more than 50,000 in 2018, concentrated in Manhattan and Queens; however, until the June 1969 Stonewall riots, this community had felt marginalized and neglected by the gay community.<ref name="NYCTrans" /><ref name="TransEqualityNYC" /> Brooklyn Liberation March, the largest [[Transgender rights|transgender-rights]] demonstration in LGBT history, took place on June 14, 2020, stretching from [[Grand Army Plaza]] to [[Fort Greene, Brooklyn]], focused on supporting Black transgender lives, drawing an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 participants.<ref>{{cite news |first = Anushka |last = Patil |date = June 15, 2020 |title = How a March for Black Trans Lives Became a Huge Event |newspaper = [[The New York Times]] |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/15/nyregion/brooklyn-black-trans-parade.html |access-date = June 28, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first = Shannon |last = Keating |date = June 16, 2020 |title = Corporate Pride Events Can't Happen This Year. Let's Keep It That Way |website = [[BuzzFeed News]] |url = https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/shannonkeating/pride-protest-black-trans-rally-brooklyn-liberation-lgbtq |access-date = June 28, 2020 }}</ref>
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