Have you ever had dreams of starring in a Broadway show and singing your heart out to hundreds of people in a packed New York theater?

New York City’s annual LGBTQ Pride parade went ahead virtually again due to the pandemic, although demonstrators and celebrators were still making their presence felt around the city.

(AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)NEW YORK – There were protests, rainbow flags and performances — it was LGBTQ Pride, after all. With the city’s massive Pride parade canceled, Sunday's performances were virtual, the flags flew in emptier than normal spaces and the protesters were masked. The disruption caused by the virus would be an aggravation in any year, but particularly in this one, the 50th anniversary of the first Pride march in New York City. The organizers are activists who held a protest march last year as an alternative to the main Pride parade, saying it had become too corporate. Other parades canceled this spring included the St. Patrick’s Day parade and Puerto Rican Day parade.