Updated
Updated · W Magazine · Jun 26
New York City Stages 2026 Pride Events With 10-Necklace Launch and Surprise Wedding
Updated
Updated · W Magazine · Jun 26

New York City Stages 2026 Pride Events With 10-Necklace Launch and Surprise Wedding

2 articles · Updated · W Magazine · Jun 26

Summary

  • Sunday’s Pride Parade will cap a week of New York City celebrations that already featured Jojo’s bar-top set, a surprise wedding and a ballroom runway contest.
  • Diesel and Tinder’s party at BOOM brought Jojo to perform “Leave (Get Out)” and “Too Little Too Late,” with proceeds tied to a Pride capsule benefiting Outright International.
  • Smirnoff’s ballroom event swapped last year’s vogue battle for a runway face-off, where Drake Mr. 7K Garçon won a trip to Chicago Pride and Durand Bernarr later delivered a 30-minute mini-concert.
  • Fiametta x Unemployed’s June 3 dinner doubled as a wedding for Yesim Ak and Teresa Dilger and showcased a 10-necklace Pride collection sourced from female miners in Tanzania and Kenya.
  • The parade will honor Dominique Jackson, Peppermint, Bernie Wagenblast, Bowen Yang and Gays Against Guns as grand marshals, underscoring New York’s upbeat Pride backdrop despite political strains in Washington.

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