Saturday, June 24, 2023

At the start of the 2023 Drag March in Tompkins Square Park

Photos by Stacie Joy 

The 29th edition of the Drag March took place last night — a kick-off to NYC Pride Weekend

Once again, a fabulous group of generation-spanning participants gathered in Tompkins Square Park for the march across Ninth Street to Sheridan Square and the Stonewall Inn. 

As East Village-based writer Jeremiah Moss wrote on Instagram: "The Drag March remains wonderfully sweaty, scrappy, queer, vaguely '90s, and still very East Village."

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Love the joy and sparkle in everyone's eyes. And the fact that the Jackie 60 t shirt verbiage uses "please" instead of the lately sadly ubiquitous f* you? Count on Chi Chi Valenti and Downtown keeping it classy.

Anonymous said...

I used to love Wigstock. That was one of the best events. I’m surprised it hasn’t been resurrected.

John Penley said...

Does anyone know what happened to Lady Bunny the Queen of Wigstock and so much more ? I photographed her so many times over the years that there are probably thousands of her photos in my archive and I always loved her creativity and in your face Drag Queen spirit. I miss seeing her and hope she is ok !

Glenn Belverio said...

Lady Bunny is on Facebook and she is extremely active! Constantly touring and performing and DJing. I saw her perform in Miami in February.

marjorie said...

LOVE LOVE LOVE! (Love is love.) And Stacie, these photos are stunning.

Anonymous said...

The 90s ruled. Gets truer with every passing year.

Anonymous said...

What a beautiful photo story... the pictures are fabulous! I loved seeing everyone this year, and seeing every moment of the march! 🏳️‍⚧️💪💜🏳️‍🌈😻