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Thousands cheer Manhattan gay pride parade

Originally published: June 24, 2012 12:47 PM
Updated: June 24, 2012 10:08 PM
By EMILY NGO emily.ngo@newsday.com

Photo credit: Nancy Borowick | U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand along with City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, waving, middle, and mayor Michael Bloomberg participate in the Heritage of Pride March along Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. (June 24, 2012)

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Thousands of jubilant revelers, many waving rainbow-striped flags, cheered the first anniversary of the legalization of same-sex marriage in New York State Sunday at the gay pride parade in Manhattan.

Celebrants in sequins and feathers danced atop floats to booming music, and marchers threw rainbow-colored confetti at the crowd as they followed a painted lavender line down Fifth Avenue.

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