![]() The candidate neatly captured the newfound purpose for a march that some say has come close in recent years to becoming just another commercialised “event”, akin to Halloween or Valentine’s Day. “Whether we are lesbian or gay or transgender or Muslim or Mexican or any one of a number other categories I could name, we are allies united by our otherness.” “I would argue that our coming out has never been more important than it is right now,” Nixon said in a video message. Many marchers said that the gay movement had begun to find a new purpose, after a succession of legislative victories removed many of the most overt aspects of sexual or gender discrimination in American society. ![]() The actor Cynthia Nixon, a contender to be governor of New York state, was present, as was her rival Andrew Cuomo, as thousands of marchers in rainbow colors celebrated LGBT identity in Greenwich Village and up the canyon of Fifth Avenue. The 2018 march was led by the tennis legend Billie Jean King and the transgender advocate Tyler Ford.
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