40thNYCPride2010

In Commemoration of the 41st Anniversary of the STONEWALL RIOTS
40th Annual NYC Heritage of Pride Celebration
PARADE & FESTIVAL
as captured in the streets of Chelsea & the West Village . New York City, NY . Sunday, 27 June 2010
Elvert Xavier Barnes Photography . Videography . Writings . Ads
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FULL CIRCLE
NYC Pride 2010

For the purpose of this photoessay, let's start with the first gay pride that I ever attended. Which was 30
years ago, in June of 1980, when I took the AMTRAK from WDC to NYC to spend the weekend with my
best friend, Frank. Who, at the time, shared a first floor apartment with at least two other guys at 165
Christopher Street at the corner of Washington Street in the West Village.

An Italian from Long Island, Frank Gramarossa and I had been close friends since, as freshmen, that we
first met at Easton dorm at the University of Maryland / College Park in September 1973.

UNDER CONSTTUCTION . 29 June 2010