NEW YORK - Pride Month is coming to an end, but the NYC Pride March is finally here.

This year's theme is "reflect, empower, unite."

The event on Sunday will begin on 25th Street and 5th Avenue at noon and end at 16th Street and 7th Avenue. See the parade route here.

"We are thrilled to carry forward this spirit and determination into our 2024 season," the event's website read.

Here's the full list of NYC street closures for Sunday.

June has been an important month for the LGBTQ+ rights movement since New York City's first pride march -- then dubbed the "Christopher Street Gay Liberation Day March" -- on June 28, 1970.

That event marked an act of defiance from the year before, a 1969 uprising at New York City's Stonewall Inn. After a police raid at the gay bar, a crowd partly led by trans women of color, channeled their anger to confront authorities. It was a catalyst to what became a global movement for LGBTQ+ rights.

Ahead of New York City's annual LGBTQ+ Pride march, organizers typically spend weeks mapping out the order of the floats, assigning placements based on factors like seniority and music volume.

This year, they're wrestling with a question more fraught: how to plan a parade whose own participants have accused one another of war crimes and support for terrorism.

At Pride events across the U.S., internal tensions over the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza have seeped into the festivities, spurring boycotts and demonstrations at marches and exposing divisions within a movement firmly rooted in protest.

In New York, members of the Israeli consulate say they will march this year despite several other participating groups, and at least two of the parade's four grand marshals, accusing the country of committing genocide against Palestinians.

Their usual float, festooned in rainbow-colored flowers and a Star of David, will be flanked by an added layer of private security when the march begins this Sunday.

"Unfortunately, there's a lot of people in the LGBT community that would rather stand with the enemies, with the side that is homophobic, and not with Israel," said Itay Milner, a spokesperson for the consulate. "We're aware of that sentiment, but we will not be scared away."