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There was plenty of pride on parade in Manhattan Sunday — and a ton of politics, too.

New York’s 49th annual Pride March filled the streets of Chelsea and Greenwich Village with 2 million people, many who paraded to thumping music under rainbow flags and showers of confetti.

The festivities — which commemorated the 1969 riots at the Stonewall Inn that are credited with sparking the gay-rights movement — lived up to its history of activism, as the celebration of LGBTQ life came along with an outcry against policies promoted by President Trump, such as the attempt to ban all transgender people from serving in the military.

“We’re making a statement that we’re here, everybody. Whether it’s immigrants, whether it’s queer people or people of color, we’re not going to put up with what this administration is doing,” said marcher Diego Molano, of Queens.

Former “Project Runway” contestant Timothy Westbrook, 29, was among those who were moved by the history of the event, which was led this year by grand marshals Billie Jean King and transgender advocate Tyler Ford.

“To walk by the Stonewall Inn when I was at the height of my adrenaline and then bring that energy up into the city, it’s giving me chills just thinking about it,” Westbrook said.

Costume designer Mitchell Bloom, 56, marched in a jaunty red beret and a beige Boy Scout uniform. Bloom said he used to hide his sexual identity as a former Eagle Scout growing up in the 1970s.

“It’s inspiring to go out with these young guys who obviously were all born long after Stonewall,” he said. “We still live in a country for now where you can be open, you can protest, you can make your voice heard.”

Politicians like Gov. Cuomo and Sen Chuck Schumer joined the throngs of revelers.

The New York chapter of the LGBT Network used the March to blast congressional candidate Suraj Patel for creating a fake profile on the gay dating app Grindr.

“Suraj Patel’s actions are unethical and demonstrates he’s out of touch with issues that LGBT people face every day,” David Kilmnick, the group’s leader, said.
Patel, 34 — a hotel executive running against Rep. Carolyn Maloney in the Democratic primary — admitted campaign workers uploaded fake profiles with photos of hot people to dating apps including Grindr and others, in order to target voters.

Patel’s camp claimed it was honest about who it was in the social-media marketing.

Additional reporting by Linda Massarella

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