It's been an incredible few years of sometimes breathtaking progress for the LGBT rights movement.
Hodges, which recognized a nationwide right to marriage equality, a goal achieved after many decades of effort by countless activists, organizers, and advocates. This coming Sunday when we march down Fifth Avenue we will be celebrating the one year anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in Obergefell v. As a life-long gay New Yorker, I’ve marched in many of them. The annual Pride march in New York City-which occurs on the last Sunday in June to coincide with the anniversary of the Stonewall rebellion on June 28, 1969, the beginning of the modern day gay rights movement-is usually a festive affair marking the gains made by our LGBT community towards equality.