On Saturday, June 27, between the hours of 5 and 8 p.m., thousands of people streamed along the 30-odd blocks between Manhattan’s Bryant Park and Washington Square Park for the 2026 NYC Dyke March. The annual protest—first organized in 1993 with neither a sponsor nor a city permit, just as it continues to be today—not only sounds a rallying cry for lesbian visibility but provides its legions of participants a platform to speak out against other forms of social oppression, too.
This year, for example, the march’s overarching theme was “Hot Dykes Melt ICE,” denouncing the persecution of undocumented immigrants by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Along the nearly two-mile route, marchers of all ages carried signs bearing slogans such as “Sapphic With an ICE Pick” or images of Liam Conejo Ramos, a young boy detained by ICE in January. Others joined the demonstration without an explicit message, contented simply to be in community with members of the city’s sprawling queer community and its allies.
Photographer Poupay Jutharat was there to take in the proceedings; see the 2026 NYC Dyke March through her lens below.
Photo: Poupay Jutharat
Photo: Poupay Jutharat
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