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Organizers estimated three million people lined the streets to watch the march, which concluded with a big bash in Times Square. L'Oreal, Danone and Macy's department stores are among the corporate participants, a sign of how more and more businesses want to be associated with the yearly procession. The multi-level float was filled with Bravo stars and fans, and it featured the word 'LOVE' in rainbow colors, with the Bravo logo in place of the O.
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It’s basically my baby shower, but on a float.'Īfter some celebratory drinks, the group walked to the float, where they were joined by Cohen and RHOA star NeNe Leakes.Ī video from Giudice's story shows Cohen and Leakes dancing under a rainbow umbrella, hiding from the sun. He also posted a boomerang of himself cooling off with a Vanderpump hand fan.Ĭohen said of the float: 'The float is going to break Gay Pride. Vanderpump is in Kentucky this weekend for Jax Taylor and and Brittany Cartwright's wedding.Īlthough, Bravo mogul Andy Cohen ensured there would be drag impersonators of Lisa Vanderpump and Lisa Rinna on the float. It appears Josephs might have mistaken Altschul for Lisa Vanderpump, as she tagged the Vanderpump Rules star in her story.īravo Pride: The multi-level float was filled with Bravo stars and fans, and it featured the word 'LOVE' in rainbow colors, with the Bravo logo in place of the O The group converged at a Manhattan bar as they pre-gamed for the float.
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Southern Charm star Patricia Altschul, Below Deck Mediterranean's Captain Sandy Yawn and Reza Farahan from Shahs of Sunset were also in attendance to ride on the Bravo float. Real Housewives from other cities also made the trip, like Kelly Dodd (Orange County), LeeAnne Locken (Dallas), Gizelle Bryant (Potomac), Tinsley Mortimer (New York), Eva Marcille and Cynthia Bailey (Atlanta). They were joined by fellow Real Housewives of New Jersey stars Dorinda Medley, Margaret Josephs and Melissa Gorga.
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Some 150,000 people signed up to walk in the main march, with 70 companies acting as sponsors.īravo TV Real Housewives stars Teresa Giudice and Sonja Morgan donned sequins and glitter as they hit the parade with their co-stars on Sunday. WorldPride specific events kicked off in New York on June 26 with an opening ceremony at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, and went non-stop through to the parade on Sunday afternoon. Pride style: The Real Housewives are showing their support for the LGBTQ+ community New York State Attorney General Letitia James walked in the parade in front of a rainbow-striped banner bearing her name. It's historically been used to 'mitigate a case of murder down to manslaughter or to justify a homicide,' according to LGBTQ Bar. The 'gay and trans panic' defense refers to those accused of a crime against an LGBTQI+ claiming their responsibility for their actions should be mitigated because they acted while under extreme emotional distress after learning their victim's sexual or gender identity. Hundreds cheered as Cuomo, 61, told the crowd this 'ends the justification of homophobia' while affixing his signature to Bill A2707. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo appeared at the WorldPride event, where he brought the Empire State in line with llinois, California, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Nevada by signing a bill into law that does away with the 'gay and trans panic' defense in murder cases. Transgender actors and Dominique Jackson, Indya Moore and MJ Rodriguez served as Grand Marshalls of the WorldPride parade on Sunday. While WorldPride events were held around the globe on Sunday, including the first ever event of its kind in Macedonia, Chicago's Pride parade had to be canceled due to severe weather shortly before 4pm Eastern, before 40-50 floats were even able to make it onto the route. Williams was perched on a blue seat and waved to the crowds lining the roadways as the procession made it way towards Times Square during WorldPride in New York City on Sundayĭue to intense crowding on the West Side of the city, both the Christopher Street and the West 4th Street-Washington Square stations have been closed to incoming passengers as of 3.30pm Eastern, operating as exits only, according to transportation officials.Īhead of the festivities, Mayor Bill de Blasio who has been a vocal defender of gay rights and is also a Democratic presidential candidate hopeful, said on Friday night: 'I believe we are going to have the greatest Pride celebration in the history of the globe.'