OUT.lgbt) or snap a selfie with Thomas Shim’s witty guerrilla MTA posters, which add rainbow flair to standard service announcements (“Travel alternative: Sashay away” #PrideTrain).Need a crash pad? Check into one of the city’s four W hotels, where drag queens will serve a rainbow of complimentary cocktails in the elevators (times vary W Hotels). Pick up a “Fight Stigma” limited-edition tee ($25 Levi’s), with 100 percent of proceeds going to LGBT charities, or indulge in bite-size “Love Is Love” rainbow cupcakes from Baked by Melissa ($32 for pack of 25 Baked by Melissa), which support New York’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center (aka The Center). Nearly five decades later, there are endless ways to celebrate Pride Week.
New York City has been honoring its gay citizens since the first Pride march in 1970, commemorating the previous year’s famous Stonewall riots.
