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        <title><![CDATA[Virtual Pride 2020: NYC marches on with Janelle Monáe, Billy Porter and Dan Levy]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The march will go on.</p><p>A big LGBTQ Pride parade <strong>wasn&#8217;t part</strong> of NYC&#8217;s coronavirus Phase 2 reopening this week. But this Sunday two organizations will still recognize — one virtually, the other with an in-person gathering — the first Christopher Street Liberation Day March on June 28, 1970.</p><p>In lieu of a march through the streets this year, NYC Pride will stream a star-studded &#8220;special broadcast event&#8221; from noon to 2 p.m. on WABC Channel 7, <strong>abc7ny.com</strong> and on <strong>ABC News Live</strong>. It will be a more isolating event, of course, than last year&#8217;s WorldPride celebration, which <strong>drew more than</strong> 2.5 million spectators for the 50th anniversary of the <strong>1969 Stonewall Inn uprising</strong> in Greenwich Village. But Grammy-nominated singer Janelle Monáe, &#8220;Pose&#8221; actor Billy Porter, &#8220;Absolutely Not&#8221; singer Deborah Cox and &#8220;RuPaul&#8217;s Drag Race&#8221; alum Monét X Change will be among the performers pumping up the virtual crowd.</p><p>The event <strong>will feature</strong> four grand marshals, including &#8220;Schitt&#8217;s Creek&#8221; creator and star Dan Levy and human rights activists Yanzi Peng and Victoria Cruz. And on June 17, the Ali Forney Center <strong>announced plans</strong> to honor &#8220;solidarity over pride&#8221; and &#8220;relinquish&#8221; its grand marshal title, instead giving its airtime to <strong>Black Lives Matter of Greater New York</strong><span >.</span></p><p>NYC Pride also <strong>will televise</strong> a virtual rally — hosted by trans journalist Ashlee Marie Preston and trans actor Brian Michael Smith (&#8220;9-1-1: Lone Star&#8221;) — from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday on <strong>Facebook</strong> and <strong>YouTube</strong>.</p><p>Meanwhile, <strong>Reclaim Pride Coalition</strong> is emphasizing social distancing and mask-wearing for its in-person, 3-mile Queer Liberation March, which kicks off at 1 p.m. Friday at Foley Square along Centre Street. This year&#8217;s protest <strong>has even more meaning</strong> in the wake of worldwide outrage over the deaths of <strong>George Floyd</strong>, <strong>Breonna Taylor</strong>, <strong>Rayshard Brooks</strong> and others in police custody. The coalition — which held its first rally last year concurrently with the WorldPride event — <strong>was formed</strong> to march &#8220;in our communities&#8217; tradition of resistance against police, state, and societal oppression, a tradition that is epitomized and symbolized by the 1969 Stonewall Rebellion,&#8221; according to a statement on the organization&#8217;s site.</p><p>A firm route has not been released for this year&#8217;s march, but protesters will move north &#8220;to Queer history landmarks, ending in Greenwich Village,&#8221; reads an Instagram post from Tuesday. The march will stream on the coalition&#8217;s site.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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