NYC launches ‘Rainbow Pilgrimage’ for gay tourists
”I don’t think it’s ironic, I think it’s significant.”
Christine C. Quinn, New York’s City Council speaker, remarking about the city’s newest tourism effort, the Rainbow Pilgrimage. It is designed to court GLBT visitors by specifically highlighting the riots that resulted from police harassment at the Stonewall Inn in 1969 along with events and entertainment of interest to gay men and lesbians. (NY Times)
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