NEW YORK – JUNE 28: People cheer marchers during the annual New York City Gay Pride March on June 28, 2009 in New York City. This year?s march commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, which erupted after a police raid on a gay bar, the Stonewall Inn on Christopher St., in 1969, the riots, which launched the gay-rights movement, gave birth to the annual march which now includes 170 floats, thousands of marchers and large crowds of supporters. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)