NYC Satisfaction March 2025 Stay: Route, when, learn how to watch the LGBTQ+ march in New York Metropolis and on ABC-TV
NEW YORK (WABC) — Greater than one million spectators, neighborhood members and allies are anticipated for Sunday’s Satisfaction March in New York Metropolis, which is taken into account one of many largest LGBTQIA+ demonstrations all over the world.
Organized by Heritage of Satisfaction, the occasion started as an annual demonstration commemorating the 1969 Stonewall Riots, and has since developed into a world image of resilience, unity and activism.
The festivities will kick off at twenty sixth Road and Fifth Avenue at midday.
ABC 7 New York is a proud sponsor of the occasion and can broadcast the march beginning at 12 p.m. on Channel 7 and wherever you stream abc7NY.
Eyewitness Information’ Sam Champion, Lauren Glassberg, Kemberly Richardson and Pedro Rivera will as soon as once more anchor reside workforce protection of the march.
The NYPD has elevated safety for the occasion, saying the route will probably be bolstered with 10,000 metallic boundaries together with sanitation vehicles, police vehicles and uniformed officers.
There are not any credible threats, however Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch says some procedures will probably be amplified due to the conflicts within the Center East.
“New York Metropolis will at all times be a spot the place each individual can freely and brazenly be who they’re, in all places, on a regular basis,” Tisch stated.
Police stated there will probably be restricted pedestrian crossings in addition to avenue closures to accommodate the march.
The March begins at twenty sixth St and fifth Ave and continues by way of Decrease Manhattan earlier than dispersing at fifteenth St and seventh Ave. The next streets will probably be closed on Sunday on the discretion of the NYPD:
Formation:
fifth Avenue between thirty third Road and twenty fifth Road
West/East thirty third Road between sixth Avenue and Madison Avenue
West/East thirty second Road between sixth Avenue and Madison Avenue
West/East thirty first Road between sixth Avenue and Madison Avenue
West/East thirtieth Road between sixth Avenue and Madison Avenue
West/East twenty ninth Road between sixth Avenue and Madison Avenue
West/East twenty eighth Road between sixth Avenue and Madison Avenue
West/East twenty seventh Road between sixth Avenue and Madison Avenue
West/East twenty sixth Road between sixth Avenue and Madison Avenue
West twenty fifth Road between sixth Avenue and fifth Avenue
Route:
fifth Avenue between twenty fifth Road and eighth Road
West eighth Road between fifth Avenue and sixth Avenue
Greenwich Avenue between sixth Avenue and Christopher Road
Christopher Road between Greenwich Avenue and seventh Avenue South
seventh Avenue between Christopher Road and sixteenth Road
Dispersal:
seventh Avenue between fifteenth Road and nineteenth Road
sixteenth Road between eighth Avenue and sixth Avenue
seventeenth Road between ninth Avenue and sixth Avenue
18th Road between eighth Avenue and sixth Avenue
nineteenth Road between ninth Avenue and sixth Avenue
Miscellaneous:
Christopher Road between West Road and seventh Avenue South
Greenwich Avenue between sixth Avenue and eighth Avenue
Satisfaction 2025 Theme: “Rise Up: Satisfaction in Protest”
This 12 months’s theme is “Rise Up: Satisfaction in Protest.”
Organizers say the theme displays the Satisfaction motion’s origins in protest – and is a strong name to motion for communities and allies to rally and march in defiant celebration, advocacy and solidarity.
“Rise Up: Satisfaction in Protest” meets the second earlier than us and honors the legacy of the primary Satisfaction March in 1970, which commemorated the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, organizers stated.
“This 12 months, greater than ever, we acknowledge that Satisfaction could be celebrated in some ways, however on the coronary heart of our mission, we acknowledge that we should additionally stay steadfast in protest,” stated Kazz Alexander, NYC Satisfaction Co-Chair. “The challenges we face at the moment, notably on this political local weather, require us to face collectively in solidarity. We should help each other, as a result of when essentially the most marginalized amongst us are granted their rights, all of us profit. Satisfaction just isn’t merely a celebration of identity-it is a strong assertion of resistance, affirming that justice and fairness will finally prevail for individuals who reside and love on the margins.”
Satisfaction 2025 Rise Up Satisfaction in Protest.
Grand Marshals for Satisfaction 2025
The checklist of grand marshals consists of Karine Jean-Pierre, Marti Gould Cummings, DJ Lina, Elisa Crespo and Trans formative Colleges.
In line with occasion organizers, NYC Satisfaction chosen the Grand Marshals in recognition of their resilience, activism and various contributions to uplifting the queer neighborhood and advancing LGBTQIA+ progress in New York Metropolis and past.
“Our marshals this 12 months remind us that we’re stronger once we are united in our battle for equality and liberation,” Alexander stated. “They mirror the understanding that LGBTQIA+ rights are human rights.”
You possibly can learn extra about every of this 12 months’s grand marshals on the NYC Satisfaction web site.
Satisfaction Occasions
PrideFest: The place Equality Takes Middle Stage
PrideFest returns on Sunday, June 29, with its famend LGBTQIA+ avenue honest for its thirty first anniversary. As the most important LGBTQIA+ avenue pageant in NYC, PrideFest guarantees a day stuffed with pleasure and celebration. This occasion encompasses numerous elements, together with StageFest, FamilyFest, CommunityFest and FoodFest, providing a various vary of experiences for attendees of all backgrounds.
Youth Satisfaction
Youth Satisfaction takes place on Saturday, June 28 on the South Road Seaport Museum – Pier 16 and The Seaport – Pier 17, ages 13-24, for a vibrant celebration honoring LGBTQIA+ youth, providing a protected area for empowerment, training and neighborhood constructing.
For extra info and updates on the 2025 Satisfaction March celebration and different occasions, go to nycpride.org and to enroll to volunteer please go to nycpride.org/volunteer and fill out the temporary kind.
June has been an vital month for the LGBTQIA+ rights motion since New York Metropolis’s first Satisfaction march – then dubbed the “Christopher Road Homosexual Liberation Day” march – on June 28, 1970.
That occasion marked an act of defiance from the 12 months earlier than, a 1969 rebellion at New York Metropolis’s Stonewall Inn. After a police raid on the homosexual bar, a crowd partly led by trans girls of shade channeled their anger to confront authorities. It was a catalyst to what turned a world motion for LGBTQIA+ rights.
For greater than a half-century, the annual marches have been a possibility to demand motion on particular points such because the AIDS epidemic and same-sex marriage whereas additionally serving as a public celebration.
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