![]() JOHNSON: I was like, yo, they got other gay people in the world? And ever since that day, it was like, I'm going to be in that parade. PETERSEN: Johnson says she's dreamed of being in the New York Pride Parade since she was growing up. We got the black and the brown representing our Black and brown people. ![]() PUNKIE JOHNSON: I'm about to bust out crying. And one of the parade's grand marshals, comedian Punkie Johnson, gets her sash on. Pride classics like "I'm Coming Out" play in the distance. Camille Peterson got there early and brings us the story.ĬAMILLE PETERSEN, BYLINE: A few hours before the parade, splashes of rainbow balloons and flags start dotting Fifth Avenue. ![]() But marchers and spectators also showed up to protest the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. MARTIN: Floats, marching bands and celebration filled the streets of Manhattan. For the first time since the pandemic, New York City's Pride March was back again in all its glory on a beautiful June Sunday.
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