5 Biggest Gay Events in the United States

1. Stonewall 50 – WorldPride NYC 2019

Attendance: 5,000,000,

Stonewall 50 – WorldPride NYC tops the list of 10 biggest gay event in the United States. Taking place in June 2019, Stonewall 50 – WorldPride NYC 2019 was a series of events and celebrations to honor the 50^th anniversary of the 1968 Stonewall riots. It was also the first time that WorldPride was held in the United States. The event is known to be the largest LGBTQ event in history, with an estimated turnout of five million attendees in Manhattan alone. Of that number, four million were estimated to be at the twelve-hour long parade which included 150,000 registered participants and 695 groups. The events were a month long, held throughout June, the traditionally Pride month worldwide. The planning for this event had been started a decade before, in July 2009 by the Heritage of Pride Planning Committee. The next WorldPride is set to be this year in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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