So here’s our Alexa guide to helping you pick your Pride - whether you want to focus on community, culture or carousing.
Indeed, there’s so much to see and do, this week can be overwhelming. Hunt for artist (and School of Visual Arts faculty member) Thomas Shim’s witty “Pride Train” faux MTA posters plastered on subway platforms around town (after debuting them last year, he’s returned with a fresh campaign of guerrilla artwork this month). Or grab a rainbow-colored popsicle from the lobby of the Dream Downtown hotel, where a pop-up cart from People’s Pops will be stationed for Pride weekend. Baked by Melissa is once again offering its annual Pride cupcakes, donating a portion of the proceeds to the NYC-based LGBT nonprofit The Center.
How to toast the town this weekend? Locals and visitors alike can head to the Hudson Hotel’s Drag Queen Bedtime Stories in its Library Bar, or browse eye-catching Pride T-shirts and hats at Bloomingdale’s, in collaboration with entrepreneur Emil Wilbekin’s Native Son initiative (which focuses on empowering black gay men). “It was home to the very first Pride March in 1970, and now you see people from every corner of the world here.” “Inclusiveness is a hallmark of New York’s Pride celebrations,” notes Ed Salvato, of LGBTQ travel site Man About World.
New Yorkers can take pride in how many local businesses are embracing and spotlighting the LGBTQ community this month - from global banks to gourmet bakeries.