As Pride Month festivities ramp up into high gear, there's a special honor for a LGBTQ band celebrating 40 years of playing loud, out, and proud.

The monthlong celebration of LGBTQ+ Pride has reached its crescendo as New York and other major cities around the world hosted major parades and marches.

More than a million people filled Manhattan on Sunday for the largest annual Pride parade in North America — while LGBTQ cops turned out in droves to protest from the sidelines.

The annual celebrations took a decidedly more defiant stance as Republicans, led by President Donald Trump, have sought to roll back LGBTQ-friendly policies.

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Peter McLaughlin said he’s lived in New York for years but has never attended the Pride parade. The 34-year-old Brooklyn resident said he felt compelled this year as a transgender man.