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                                                                                                 U.S. NEWS Monday 29 June 2020
            In NYC, marking 50th anniversary of Pride, no matter what




            Continued from Front

            A number of people in the
            crowd at Foley Square held
            signs  reading  “All  Black
            Lives Matter,” with a black
            fist  surrounded  by  rainbow
            colors.  Most  wore  masks,
            though some scrapped so-
            cial  distancing  in  favor  of
            hugging  friends.  One  man
            held a sign advertising free
            hugs.
            The  first  Pride  march,  on
            June 28, 1970, was a marker
            of the Stonewall uprisings of
            the year before in New York
            City’s West Village that hel-
            ped propel a global LGBTQ
            movement.
            Initially called the Christop-
            her  Street  Liberation  Day
            March, it looked much like
            the protests that have strea-  People hold signs as they participate in a queer liberation march for Black Lives Matter and against police brutality, Sunday, June
            med through the streets of   28, 2020, in New York.
            New  York  City  daily  in  re-                                                                                                 Associated Press
            cent  weeks  over  racial  in-  us  until  there’s  a  vaccine,  pearances from a number  ched  tourists  through  the  “The  feeling  doesn’t  go
            justice.  Marchers  trooped  so  this  is  a  much-needed  of other celebrities.       years come to snap photos  away because of the coro-
            to  Central  Park,  chanting  lifeline,”  co-owner  Stacy  The Queer Liberation March  of the Stonewall, only to re-  navirus,”  Mayor  Bill  de  Bla-
            “Gay  power!”  and  “Gay  Lentz  told  The  Associated  for Black Lives and Against  alize it doesn’t look like any-  sio said in an interview with
            and proud!”                  Press. “It would be devasta-  Police Brutality, meanwhile,  thing special.             WABC-TV.
            Cities  around  the  world  in  ting to think about walking  marched from Lower Man-   “It’s just this nothing place,”  Gatherings of large groups
            subsequent  years  followed  down  Christopher  Street  hattan toward Washington  he said, “but it meant eve-       of  people  are  still  barred
            New  York’s  lead,  hosting  and  seeing  that  building  Square Park. The organizers  rything.”                    in  New  York  City  as  part
            commemorative events.        shuttered.”                  are  activists  who  held  a  Other  celebrations  of  the  of  an  effort  to  control  the
            The  historic  Stonewall  Inn,  Organizers  of  this  year’s  protest  march  last  year  as  day  were  visual.  At  Roc-  spread  of  the  coronavirus.
            known as the birthplace of  event  in  New  York  City  an alternative to the main  kefeller  Center,  more  than  Other  parades  canceled
            the  gay  rights  movement,  were determined to show-     Pride parade, saying it had  100 rainbow flags were pla-  this  spring  included  the  St.
            furloughed  its  employees  case  some  of  that  spirit,  become too corporate.       ced around the center rink,  Patrick’s  Day  parade  and
            and  has  been  shuttered  with a TV broadcast hono-      Joseph  Engargeau  feared  and the plaza was lit up in  Puerto Rican Day parade.
            more  than  three  months  ring  the  front  line  workers  there  might  be  no  event  rainbow colors.            Still, people have gathered
            amid the pandemic. But it  who  have  been  so  neces-    this  year  because  of  the  In the West Village, a rain-  by the thousands since the
            announced  Sunday  it  will  sary in the fight against the  coronavirus   restrictions.  bow  light  art  installation  late-May death of George
            receive  a  $250,000  contri-  virus as well as people and  Instead, he felt this scaled-  next  to  the  Stonewall  Inn  Floyd  at  the  hands  of  po-
            bution  from  the  Gill  Foun-  institutions  of  the  LGBTQ  down version better resem-  was expected to illuminate  lice  in  Minnesota.  One  of
            dation  —  money  that  will  community.                  bled the first Pride than the  the sky in tribute to the upri-  the  largest  demonstrations
            go  toward  several  months  The  show  featured  several  massive  event  the  parade  sing and the original march,  was a June 14 demonstrati-
            of rent and utilities.       performers  including  Ja-   became.                      as well as those who have  on in Brooklyn, where thou-
            “I don’t think things will re-  nelle Monáe, Deborah Cox  Engargeau, wearing a rain-   marched and fought throu-    sands gathered for a Black
            ally be back to normal for  and  Billy  Porter,  and  ap-  bow  mask,  said  he’s  wat-  gh the years.              Trans Lives Matter protest.q


              Virus death toll drops to 5 in N.Y., once the U.S. epicenter



              NEW  YORK  (AP)  —  Five  posite end,” Gov. Andrew  spike again if New Yorkers  prompting  officials  in  Tex-   limited  to  25%  capac-
              people    died   Saturday  Cuomo  said  in  an  inter-  let down their guard down  as  and  Florida  to  reverse  ity  and  social-distancing
              from  the  coronavirus  in  view with NBC’s “Meet the  and fail to follow social dis-  course  and  close  down  guidelines   outlined   by
              New York state, the lowest  Press.” New York still leads  tancing  and  mask-wear-  bars in their states again.  state officials.
              daily  death  toll  the  state  the  nation  in  COVID-19  ing requirements.        U.S.  Health  and  Human  Dolan  thanked  the  con-
              has reported since March  deaths with nearly 25,000,  “I’m  now  afraid  of  the  Services  Secretary  Alex  gregation  for  its  persever-
              15.  Saturday’s  total  com-  according  to  the  state’s  spread  coming  from  oth-  Azar stressed that “the win-  ance and joked that more
              pared  to  13  fatalities  the  official tally, which doesn’t  er  states  because  we  are  dow is closing” for the U.S.  than  a  dozen  collections
              day before as the number  include  people  who  likely  one  country  and  people  to take action to effective-  would  be  taken  to  make
              of fatalities caused by the  died of the disease.       travel,”  Cuomo  said.  “I’m  ly curb the coronavirus.   up for the missed Sundays.
              virus  continues  to  plum-  Meanwhile,  fewer  than  afraid the infection rate in  CATHOLIC MASS RESUMES        “Where have you all been
              met  in  the  state.  During  900  patients  were  hospi-  the other states will come  Cardinal Timothy Dolan on  these  last  14  weeks?”
              the peak of the pandemic  talized  Saturday  for  CO-   back  to  New  York  and  Sunday celebrated the first  Dolan quipped. “Am I ever
              in April, nearly 800 people  VID-19, down from a peak  raise that rate again.”      public Mass at St. Patrick’s  happy to see you.”
              were  dying  a  day  from  of over 18,000 in April.     Confirmed daily infections  Cathedral since the coro-    The  church  continues  to
              coronavirus.                The  governor  cautioned  in  the  U.S.  hit  an  all-time  navirus pandemic began.   livestream daily Mass on its
              “We are on the exact op-    that  the  numbers  could  high  of  40,000  on  Friday,  The storied cathedral was  website.q
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