New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani kicked Pride Month off with a bang in an X post on Monday.
It’s the wonderful time of year when corporations and politicians come together to sell rainbow-branded products and gush about how much they love gay and transgender people. What better place to start than NYC, where it would apparently “take far more than a month to honor the contributions of queer and transgender New Yorkers.”
Look:
It would take far more than a month to honor the contributions of queer and transgender New Yorkers.
From the Cercle Hermaphroditos in 1895, the first trans advocacy group in the United States, to the drag balls of the Harlem Renaissance, to the Stonewall uprising, to the…
— Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@NYCMayor) June 1, 2026
“It would take far more than a month to honor the contributions of queer and transgender New Yorkers. From the Cercle Hermaphroditos in 1895, the first trans advocacy group in the United States, to the drag balls of the Harlem Renaissance, to the Stonewall uprising, to the Lesbian Herstory Archives, to ACT UP!, founded in 1987 as queer people fought for their lives while the Reagan administration looked away, New York City’s history has long been shaped by queer and trans New Yorkers. To all our queer and trans neighbors: you deserve a City where you can afford to live safely, openly, and joyfully. Happy Pride, New York City,” he wrote.
X users reacted to the post:
You are a commie failure just pandering to your mentally ill voters.
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) June 1, 2026
what’s up with funding gender affirming care in NYC? there’s still nothing allocated for it in the budget. https://t.co/vlixORMJoi
— klissbliss (@klissbliss) June 1, 2026
How long would it take honor our fallen?
You didn’t mention that on Memorial Day.How long would it take to honor our military? You didn’t mention that on Armed Forces Day.
How long would it take to honor Veterans?
You probably won’t mention that on Veterans Day.Just curious
— Heatherheather007 (@LibertyValkyrie) June 1, 2026
‘to the drag balls of the Harlem Renaissance’ pic.twitter.com/lRmvGF1dbK
— Tired of being politically correct (@USBornNRaised) June 1, 2026
“Queer and trans”. Thank you leaving the gays out of this mess.
— Mike Harlow (@NotMikeHarlow) June 1, 2026
Happy Pride for adults who want to celebrate. Just keep the children completely out of it. That’s a reasonable boundary
— MỤNACHÌMỤSO__EJE (@BLACK__DIAAMOND) June 1, 2026
I think you pretty much hit them all in this post. Wrap it up folks. No need to continue this for another 29 days.
— Scoop Magruder (@4Timed40393) June 1, 2026
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