Tens of thousands of New Yorkers join annual Pride March

NEW YORK - Tens of thousands of New Yorkers hit the streets of Manhattan Sunday for the city's annual LGBT Pride March.

With multi-hued banners, and multi-faceted backgrounds, the parade started at 36th Street and Fifth Avenue, ended in the West Village, in America's east coastal city of New York.

"This is a moment where we have to really be there for each other in this city and in this country," said NYC Mayor de Blasio, who attended the the event.

"The LGBT community contributes so much to this city... People are feeling pride, but they're also worried about the atmosphere that's been created over the last year or so in this whole nation. This is why this pride takes on a special meaning."

The NYC Pride March, started in 1970, is one of the world's best known LGBT events. This year's theme is "We Are Proud."

Talking about the theme, NYC Pride March director Julian Sanjivan told local media in a recent statement: "There's a lot of uncertainty that people are feeling. We must come together and feel, 'This is who we are, and we are proud of being who we are.'"