A memorial with their photos will be set up inside City Hall. Victims will be honored with a moment of silence when the march reaches the grandstand. She and 19-year-old daughter Emma, who is gay, planned to join about 200 other people behind the group’s banner in the parade.Īt San Francisco’s parade, a “We’re Orlando” group of about 300 people will be fourth in the lineup. “As the mom of a gay teen, Orlando terrified me,” said Shannon Watts, the founder of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America.
And gun-control, anti-gun-violence groups joined the lineup since the shooting forged new bonds between them and gay-rights activists. The lead float in New York’s parade was dedicated to the Orlando victims. Andrew Cuomo announced that the Stonewall Inn would be designated as a state historic site and that New York would erect a monument in honor of all victims of hate and intolerance, including those killed in Orlando. A 1969 police raid on the bar helped catalyze the gay rights movement.Īnd just before the start of the parade, Democratic Gov. Sunday’s parades did have a new milestone to mark: President Barack Obama on Friday designated the site around New York City’s Stonewall Inn as the first national monument to gay rights.
