1. Let’s Celebrate!: Marriage Equality in New York Photo Credit: Reuters
2. The Moment Of Truth: People in the Senate gallery react to the passage of gay marriage at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. on June 24, 2011 Photo Credit: AP
3. Thousands of New Yorkers gathered on the streets of downtown New York City when news spread that the Marriage Equality Act had won approval from Albany lawmakers Photo Credit: EPA
4. People celebrate outside of the Stonewall Inn, the site of the 1969 Stonewall riot, an event regarded as the start of the modern gay rights movement Photo Credit: AFP/Getty Images
6. People celebrate the legalization of same-sex marriage in New York on Christopher Street, NYC Photo Credit: AP
7. Manuel Rojas shows off his engagement ring during the Gay Pride Parade in New York June 26, 2011 Photo Credit: Reuters
8. A woman wears a sign on her back which reads, ‘Accepting Marriage Proposals,’ at the Gay Pride Parade in New York Photo Credit: Reuters
9. A girl holds a sign reading, ‘New York, Will You Marry Me?’ as she walks in the Gay Pride Parade in New York Photo Credit: Reuters
10. A man wears a wedding gown during the Gay Pride Parade in New York Photo Credit: Yahoo!News
11. Paola Perez, left, and her partner Linda Collazo, march in the Gay Pride Parade in New York Photo Credit: AP
12. Gay partners Mike McDonald, left, and Joey Infante, right, march in the Gay Pride Parade in New York Photo Credit: AFP
13. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn (who is openly gay), New York Senator Tom Duane, and Governor Andrew Cuomo, march in the Gay Pride Parade Photo Credit: AFP/Getty Images
14. Onlookers at the Gay Pride Parade hold signs thanking Governor Cuomo. Cuomo has been credited with pushing the Marriage Equality Act through a reluctant Republican-led legislature Photo Credit: Reuters