Over 20,000 people joined the Queer Liberation March today (June 28) to celebrate the 51st anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. <br /><br />Chanting and dancing their way up 6th Avenue, the crowd, emblazoned in rainbow colours, endured the 90 degrees (32 C) heat and partied their way across Manhattan.<br /><br />"People like us are getting killed, that's the importance of today's event," one marcher said. <br /><br />"I came out here to support my people because I'm gay and I love it," said Bebe, another marcher who broke away from the crowd at 8th street with a group of friends.<br /><br />A DJ in a parade float blasted music and handed out masks to the crowd. Huge puppets marched up the avenue including a sparkling and colourful statue of Marsha P. Johnson, the gay liberation activist, and pioneer of the trans movement, and one of several people known to be a major part of the pushback against police at the Stonewall Riot in 1969.
