World Pride Parade New York City Invitation
American Veterans for Equal Rights, America’s LGBT veterans service organization, invites all patriotic LGBT United States, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand, Israeli, and United Kingdom veterans to march with us in the World Pride Parade in New York City on June 30th 2019. Partners and spouses are welcome.
We march proudly with the American and Rainbow flags. Allied country veterans, listed above, may march with us, in uniform, carrying their national flags.
You must sign up in advance to march with us, email us at glbtvetsnyc@yahoo.com : list your name, email address, phone number, your country/branch of service and final rank. We will send you the line up time and location when it becomes available.
Rules and what to wear:
AVER marchers wear neat casual clothing, no wild outfits. AVER marchers may not carry nor wear any political, protest, nor commercial signs, slogans nor insignia of any kind.
Veterans may wear their uniforms IF they are neat, complete and inspectable. No, incomplete uniforms. Active Duty personnel and reservists are responsible for getting permission from their commands to march in uniform in the World Pride Parade. Be aware that there will be national and international live TV cameras and news photographers throughout the parade route.
AVER is not able to provide any support services to marchers. We look forward to the honor of marching with you in Pride.