Organizers announced this weekend that a Planned Parenthood contingent would be at the front of the parade. Thousands of people - many decked in pride colors - lined the parade route through Manhattan, cheering as floats and marchers passed by. I think a lot of angry people, not even just women, angry men, angry women.” “I think it’s about making a point, rather than all the other years like how we normally celebrate it. “We’re here to make a statement,” said 31-year-old Mercedes Sharpe, who traveled to Manhattan from Massachusetts.