Editing Brooklyn (section)

====LGBTQ community====
{{main|LGBT culture in New York City#Brooklyn}}
Brooklyn is home to a large and growing number of same-sex couples. [[Same-sex marriage in New York|Same-sex marriages in New York]] were legalized on June 24, 2011, and were authorized to take place beginning 30 days thereafter.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/25/nyregion/gay-marriage-approved-by-new-york-senate.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110626145358/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/25/nyregion/gay-marriage-approved-by-new-york-senate.html |archive-date=June 26, 2011 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=New York Allows Same-Sex Marriage, Becoming Largest State to Pass Law|author1=Nicholas Confessore |author2=Michael Barbaro |name-list-style=amp |work=The New York Times|date=June 24, 2011|access-date=September 4, 2016}}</ref> The [[Park Slope, Brooklyn|Park Slope]] neighborhood spearheaded the popularity of Brooklyn among lesbians, and [[Prospect Heights, Brooklyn|Prospect Heights]] has an LGBT residential presence.<ref name="RosenbergDunfordp379">Rosenberg, Andrew and Martin Dunford. ''The Rough Guide to New York''. [[Penguin Books]], January 1, 2011. {{ISBN|184836590X}}, 9781848365902. p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=mZ0z8ZSwQ-sC&pg=PA379 379].</ref> Numerous neighborhoods have since become home to LGBT communities. Brooklyn Liberation March, the largest [[transgender rights|transgender-rights]] demonstration in LGBTQ history, took place on June 14, 2020, stretching from [[Grand Army Plaza]] to [[Fort Greene, Brooklyn|Fort Greene]], focused on supporting Black transgender lives, drawing an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 participants.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/15/nyregion/brooklyn-black-trans-parade.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616023003/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/15/nyregion/brooklyn-black-trans-parade.html |archive-date=June 16, 2020 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=How a March for Black Trans Lives Became a Huge Event|author=Anushka Patil|newspaper=The New York Times|date=June 15, 2020|access-date=June 28, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/shannonkeating/pride-protest-black-trans-rally-brooklyn-liberation-lgbtq|title=Corporate Pride Events Can't Happen This Year. Let's Keep It That Way|author=Shannon Keating|website=[[BuzzFeed News]]|date=June 6, 2020|access-date=June 28, 2020}}</ref>