The pervasiveness of Pride in NYC.
There are plenty of places you can find pictures and clips of multitudes celebrating Pride in New York City. But I want to show that the commemorations are not limited to parades and venues associated specifically with the LGBTQ+ community.
This is a photo of Lower Manhattan from the New Jersey side of the Hudson. Despite it being overexposed (sorry!), the mast of WTC-1 can clearly be seen lit up in Pride colors. The mast is the highest point in NYC.
Below is the Oculus. It's a transit hub and upscale shopping center. Three subway lines are directly accessible from the Oculus and another is sort of accessible from it; that doesn't include PATH which is a separate subway system connecting several points in Manhattan with a number of communities in nearby New Jersey. The color lighting may need work, but the flags leave no doubt what the occasion is.
Finally, the overhead information display on a bus in Brooklyn. Such displays are on a majority of MTA buses. They show the position of the bus and a list of the next few stops. They also highlight city events and transit changes.
So even though some businesses may try to pander to Trump's homophobia, the city as a whole did not. It was hard for New Yorkers not to get some inkling that this was Pride weekend.
