As NYC's hometown LGBT band, and leaders of the Pride Parade for the last 30 years, we help define our great city's march. We show New Yorkers each year what it means to express our pride through the punch of a bass drum, the boom of a tuba, and our embrace of this classic American art form. Check us out at http://www.nycpride.org/march.html

Syndicated from: Boston.com, http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/06/13/bosto...

By Megan Woolhouse and Sydney Lupkin | Globe Staff | Globe Correspondent / June 13, 2010

Essdras M. Suarez | Globe Staff

The Lesbian and Gay Big Apple Corps color guard marched in the parade.

Gary Ende, of New York, twirled a flag with other members of the Lesbian and Gay Big Apple Corps color guard .

There were beads, batons, and body paint, but this year’s gay pride parade in Boston was also a political battlefield in the campaign for governor.

Syndicated from: The Caucus: The Politics and Government Blog of the New York Times, http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/09/gay-band-to-march-in-inaug...

By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE

For the first time, a gay and lesbian band will be marching in a presidential inauguration.

Barack Obama’s Presidential Inaugural Committee has chosen the Lesbian and Gay Band Association, with members from across the country, to march in the inaugural parade in Washington on Jan. 20.

Marching Director Marita Begley and President Emeritus Jim Babcock pose with NYC Mayor Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Quinn