Tituss Burgess, the 10-year Broadway veteran and breakout star of the Netflix original series “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” will be hosting this year's Rally!
The lineup of speakers and entertainers scheduled to join Burgess on Pier 26 include:
• 2015 NYC Pride Grand Marshals Sir Ian McKellen, Sir Derek Jacobi, J. Christopher Neal, and Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera
• Brooke Guinan, FDNY’s first and only out transgender firefighter
• Adore Delano, from season six of “RuPaul’s Drag ...
Tituss Burgess, the 10-year Broadway veteran and breakout star of the Netflix original series “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” will be hosting this year's Rally!
The lineup of speakers and entertainers scheduled to join Burgess on Pier 26 include:
• 2015 NYC Pride Grand Marshals Sir Ian McKellen, Sir Derek Jacobi, J. Christopher Neal, and Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera
• Brooke Guinan, FDNY’s first and only out transgender firefighter
• Adore Delano, from season six of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” and “American Idol”
• Singer-songwriter and YouTube sensation Steve Grand
• Glennda Testone, Executive Director of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
• Tiq Milan, Senior Media Strategist of National News at GLAAD
• Wade Davis, former NFL player and current Executive Director of the You Can Play Project
• Recording artist and NYC nightlife personality Dina Delicious.
• Motivational speaker Spencer West
• Comedian Emma Willmann
The Rally showcases an impressive list of entertainers and activists to kick off our official Pride events. The first NYC Pride Rally occurred one month after the Stonewall Riots in June 1969, when 500 people gathered for a “Gay Power” demonstration in Washington Square Park followed by a candlelight vigil in Sheridan Square. NYC Pride has continued this proud tradition by hosting the event in various locations throughout the city. This year, Hudson River Park's Pier 26 will once again be home to The Rally.
