Harlem Bespoke: This year World Pride celebrated 50 years of the historic Stonewall uprising that ignited the gay rights movement and uptown also a had a big milestone in the LGBT community. Harlem Pride started back in 2009 as a small block part on West 119th Street in the Mount Morris Park neighborhood and now celebrated 10 years this past Saturday as a major community event over by the viaduct in Manhattanville. The commercial corridor from West 137th Street on 12th Avenue was packed with local vendors, merchants, LGBT organizations and big corporate sponsors such as Google in celebration of diversity in Manhattan's iconic neighborhood where the drag ballroom scene originated.
One of the big highlights of the afternoon where the performances at the north end of the avenue which was hosted by none other than the fantastic
Dominique Jackson who is one of the stars of groundbreaking series Pose on FX television. We especially love this LGBT event since it feels more local than the rest of the city and to see representation for the trans community by one of the newest television celebrities was an amazing surprise for the afternoon. Alongside the festive entertainment, there was also a lot of free stuff being handed out and local restaurants like Dinosaur Bar-B-Que passed out complimentary sliders to the crowd all afternoon. Love is Love is what they say and what a great afternoon in Harlem this truly was. More on Harlem Pride in our past post:
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